self-analysis
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Origin of self-analysis
First recorded in 1860–65
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The programme shows him on a journey of constant discovery and self analysis about racism.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022
His troubles, made public with unsparing self analysis, only made his songs seem more real.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2013
Her tendency toward introspection and self analysis often makes her unhappy, dissatisfied and restless.
From The Girl in Her Teens by Slattery, Margaret
Such is the conscious master, and man can only thus become by discovering within himself the laws of thought; which discovery is totally a matter of application, self analysis, and experience.
From As a Man Thinketh by Allen, James
Whatever be the purpose of self analysis, it will be the more useful and suggestive the more completely it compasses the total range of capacities and inclinations.
From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.
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