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Definition of introspective in English: introspectiveadjective 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 he grew withdrawn and introspective Example sentencesExamples - Then there's Tommy, a thoughtful, introspective type, approaching 30.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 rare indrawn
Derivativesadverbɪntrəˈspɛktɪvliˌɪntrəˈspɛktəvli 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.
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: introspectiveadjectiveˌintrəˈspektivˌɪntrəˈspɛktɪv 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 |