extrospection
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The column you’re reading now is in that category, although we have the luxury of extrospection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2017
We shall then consider the two great directions of interest, introspection and extrospection, and those whose lives are characterized by one or the other direction.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
Psychology, it has also been said, has as its instrument introspection, while the natural sciences work with the eye, the touch, the ear—that is to say, with the senses of extrospection.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet
All these examples show that the clearly defined characteristics into which it is sought to divide extrospection and introspection do not exist.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet
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