self-examination

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

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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.

Origin of self-examination

First recorded in 1640–50

Related formsself-ex·am·in·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for self-examination

Contemporary Examples

But Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus are calling for self-examination on this score.
Horoscopes: May 8-14
Starsky + Cox
May 7, 2011
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
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
Part of this absence of empathy is an incapacity for self-examination.
Who Made Frank Rich God?
Lee Siegel
March 16, 2009

Historical Examples

I was so lost to myself, that I could scarcely go about self-examination.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
Take for example that self-examination before the cheval glass.
All Roads Lead to Calvary
Jerome K. Jerome
My self-examination, as usual, produced no satisfactory results.
Frank Mildmay
Captain Frederick Marryat
The contemplation of the law cannot but lead to self-examination, and that to petition.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1
A. Maclaren
From this self-examination Wagner rose up nobler and stronger.
Wagner as I Knew Him
Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger

British Dictionary definitions for self-examination

self-examination

noun

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

Derived Formsself-examining, adjective

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Word Origin and History for self-examination

n.

1640s, from self- + examination.

self-examination in Medicine

self-examination

An introspective consideration of one's own thoughts or emotions.
Examination of one's own body for medical reasons.

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Examples from the Web for self-examination

Contemporary Examples

But Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus are calling for self-examination on this score.

So had I not been in the habit of self-examination, I doubt I would have found it.

We must believe, though the evidence is ambiguous, that self-examination helps us as individuals and societies.

Part of this absence of empathy is an incapacity for self-examination.

Historical Examples

I was so lost to myself, that I could scarcely go about self-examination.

Take for example that self-examination before the cheval glass.

My self-examination, as usual, produced no satisfactory results.

The contemplation of the law cannot but lead to self-examination, and that to petition.

From this self-examination Wagner rose up nobler and stronger.

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Word Origin and History for self-examination

n.

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Origin of self-examination