self-examination

[ self-ig-zam-uh-ney-shuh n, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf ɪgˌzæm əˈneɪ ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /

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noun

examination into one's own state, conduct, motives, etc.

Medicine/Medical. examination of one's body for signs of illness or disease: breast self-examination.

Words nearby self-examination

self-employment, self-energizing, self-enforcing, self-esteem, self-evident, self-examination, self-excited, self-exculpatory, self-executing, self-exile, self-existent

Origin of self-examination

First recorded in 1640–50

OTHER WORDS FROM self-examination

self-ex·am·in·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for self-examination

But Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus are calling for self-examination on this score.
Horoscopes: May 8-14|Starsky + Cox|May 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
So had I not been in the habit of self-examination, I doubt I would have found it.
Carly's Cancer Warning|Dana Goldstein|November 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
We must believe, though the evidence is ambiguous, that self-examination helps us as individuals and societies.
Aravind Adiga Responds to Our Readers|The Daily Beast|July 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Part of this absence of empathy is an incapacity for self-examination.
Who Made Frank Rich God?|Lee Siegel|March 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Take for example that self-examination before the cheval glass.
All Roads Lead to Calvary|Jerome K. Jerome
I enter'd upon the execution of this plan for self-examination, and continu'd it with occasional intermissions for some time.
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin|Benjamin Franklin
The days of honest labor and study, the earnest self-criticism and self-examination, were gone.
The Genius|Margaret Horton Potter
That wholesome discipline of self-examination was greatly assisted by the progress of events.
Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography|George William Erskine Russell
But lacking those outside monitors, one must all the more cultivate the habit of constant inlooking and self-examination.
When Knighthood Was in Flower|Charles Major

British Dictionary definitions for self-examination

self-examination

noun

scrutiny of one's own conduct, motives, desires, etc

Derived forms of self-examination

self-examining, adjective

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Medical definitions for self-examination

self-examination

n.

An introspective consideration of one's own thoughts or emotions.

Examination of one's own body for medical reasons.

self-examination

noun

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Words nearby self-examination

Origin of self-examination

OTHER WORDS FROM self-examination

Examples from the Web for self-examination

British Dictionary definitions for self-examination

noun

Derived forms of self-examination

Medical definitions for self-examination

n.