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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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
The songs he wrote for his solo career were far more self-analytical, about Yog’s personal experiences, rather than things like “I’m Your Man,” which was more general and could apply to us both.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
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
"I'm a self-analytical person anyway, I am an anxious person," says Garratt.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2020
It is because I am so self-analytical that I realise the complexity of my nature, and am at a loss to define my emotions.
From The House of the Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck
