self-exploration

American  

[self-ek-spler-ay-shuhn] / ˌsɛlfˌɛk splərˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

self-explorations plural

1. the process of deepening one's self-understanding by considering and analyzing one's own feelings, beliefs, motivations, values, etc.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• self-explorations
  plural

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self-exploration self-explorations

That self-neglect resulted in a health challenge, which eventually led to Godfred reconnecting with her passion for poetry and self-exploration.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

Maybe this self-described “enigma” was ready to fully commit to a post-football life of self-exploration with spiritual guides, gurus and whatever you want to call McAfee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

For others, however, improv classes are all about self-care and self-exploration.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023

She believes music is a form of self-exploration and self-expression, a way to represent the unrepresented.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2023

And my zest for self-exploration seems not to have been distracted by the necessity of exploring a new outer universe.

From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary

It’s not unusual to meet a modern music lover with an iPod full of opera, country-and-western ballads, show tunes, punk-rock classics, hip-hop remixes, celebrity duets and sensitive singer-songwriter self-explorations.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2015