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词汇 introspective
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Definition of introspective in English:

introspective

adjective ɪntrəˈspɛktɪvˌɪntrəˈspɛktɪv
  • Characterized by or given to introspection.

    he grew withdrawn and introspective
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then there's Tommy, a thoughtful, introspective type, approaching 30.
    • This, their second album, takes a much more thoughtful and introspective direction than their previous, more rocky music.
    • The question remains whether the new parliament will act as a springboard for fresh ideas or if it will cause the country to narrow its view, becoming too introspective for its own good.
    • They've dispensed with the catchy choruses and the larking around, replacing them with introspective musings.
    • She was very introspective and pensive, and I always had the feeling that her awareness was somehow contained in mine.
    • Have you recently done a bit more self-analysis, introspective digging around?
    • Are we more introspective or more extroverted in wanting to share our thoughts?
    • The result is a series of distant, icy meditations on life and living; impossibly remote and unhealthily introspective.
    • A remarkably introspective thought, given the outward-facing nature of previous steps of unpacking.
    • The museum urges us to be introspective, to consider how we would confront moral dilemmas or how we would feel if our friends and families were being systematically murdered.
    • But if this introspective process ensures companies are not overvalued in the market, then it perhaps creates better stability in the long term.
    • Kate can turn Pete into a mumbling, introspective bore
    • Everything was more subtle and introspective.
    • He's very introspective and reflective, and he's caught up in the problems of existence in a non-religious world.
    • Every three weeks I leave it until the last minute, can find sod all to write about, and end up with something introspective to the point of self-indulgent.
    • Then some of them are very contemplative and introspective.
    • It wasn't easy, she admits, and she has not arranged them chronologically, but rather to establish an introspective and confessional storyline.
    • Its dark brooding tone matching the introspective loneliness of its hero makes it the antithesis of its 1944 predecessor.
    • I mean comic books don't promote introspective contemplation and societal theory, do they?
    • Stuff has been happening, but it's all kind of introspective, sad stuff that isn't that easy to write, even if I did have any intention of splashing it all over the web.
    Synonyms
    inward-looking, self-analysing, self-examining, self-observing, brooding
    introverted, introvert, self-contained
    contemplative, thoughtful, pensive, musing, ruminative, meditative, reflective
    informal navel-gazing
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Derivatives

  • introspectively

  • adverbɪntrəˈspɛktɪvliˌɪntrəˈspɛktəvli
    • Titular hint aside, the subject matter has gone from overtly political to introspectively personal.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I think it also would be very difficult, as the Americans retreated after Vietnam introspectively, it would probably cause us to lose a great degree of confidence.
      • The introspectively discovered Truth of Suffering is one of ceaseless movement, of a dynamic process which is suffering by virtue of being uncontrollable, ever-changing, and therefore inadequate and unsatisfying.
      • The suggestion that I know about my thoughts by being introspectively aware of them seems, from a phenomenological standpoint anyway, overwhelmingly plausible.
      • We do not introspectively observe agent causation, and even highly improbable behavior could occur in a world without agent causation.
  • introspectiveness

  • nounɪntrəˈspɛktɪvnəsˌɪntrəˈspɛktɪvnəs
    • Capturing the urgency of their live shows and the introspectiveness of studio sessions, the Viennese trio pull another hauntingly beautiful record out of their collective hat.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even at his most extravagant, Rachmaninov demands an underlying introspectiveness.
      • It was while I was suspended upside-down from a capsized canoe this afternoon that I became aware of my increasing distaste for excessive introspectiveness.

Definition of introspective in US English:

introspective

adjectiveˌintrəˈspektivˌɪntrəˈspɛktɪv
  • Characterized by or given to introspection.

    he grew withdrawn and introspective
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Are we more introspective or more extroverted in wanting to share our thoughts?
    • He's very introspective and reflective, and he's caught up in the problems of existence in a non-religious world.
    • Its dark brooding tone matching the introspective loneliness of its hero makes it the antithesis of its 1944 predecessor.
    • Stuff has been happening, but it's all kind of introspective, sad stuff that isn't that easy to write, even if I did have any intention of splashing it all over the web.
    • It wasn't easy, she admits, and she has not arranged them chronologically, but rather to establish an introspective and confessional storyline.
    • Then some of them are very contemplative and introspective.
    • She was very introspective and pensive, and I always had the feeling that her awareness was somehow contained in mine.
    • This, their second album, takes a much more thoughtful and introspective direction than their previous, more rocky music.
    • Everything was more subtle and introspective.
    • The museum urges us to be introspective, to consider how we would confront moral dilemmas or how we would feel if our friends and families were being systematically murdered.
    • But if this introspective process ensures companies are not overvalued in the market, then it perhaps creates better stability in the long term.
    • Kate can turn Pete into a mumbling, introspective bore
    • Then there's Tommy, a thoughtful, introspective type, approaching 30.
    • They've dispensed with the catchy choruses and the larking around, replacing them with introspective musings.
    • Have you recently done a bit more self-analysis, introspective digging around?
    • Every three weeks I leave it until the last minute, can find sod all to write about, and end up with something introspective to the point of self-indulgent.
    • A remarkably introspective thought, given the outward-facing nature of previous steps of unpacking.
    • The result is a series of distant, icy meditations on life and living; impossibly remote and unhealthily introspective.
    • The question remains whether the new parliament will act as a springboard for fresh ideas or if it will cause the country to narrow its view, becoming too introspective for its own good.
    • I mean comic books don't promote introspective contemplation and societal theory, do they?
    Synonyms
    inward-looking, self-analysing, self-examining, self-observing, brooding
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