self-analysis
noun
the application of psychoanalytic techniques and theories to an analysis of one's own personality and behavior, especially without the aid of a psychiatrist or other trained person.
self-analytical
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a word derived from
self-analysis.
Example Sentences
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Get ready to potentially feel joyful and self-analytical afterward — Hammer packed a lot of expression into her out years, all the way to her death from ovarian cancer in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
No, I tend never to watch again because I always get too freaked out and too critical and psychoanalytic and self-analytical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Granted, Harris has a hyper-articulate, self-analytical subject who left a trail of press coverage behind him, but Nichols used his dazzling conversational gifts to obfuscate and beguile as much as to confide.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2021
At another point during Azarenka's unusually long and self-analytical news conference, she talked about how all players react differently to pressure.
From US News ● Jan. 23, 2016
They have no very high opinion of their privileges; they are not self-analytical.
From The High Heart by Basil King
