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

Others see it as a statement on the pressures of commercial music, or simply the next step in his journey of self-exploration.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 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

“Brandi’s first, self-titled album made my transition from a very rigid world into a new one of self-exploration less lonely,” Iegre said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

The delight of self-exploration, or the possibly even greater delight of losing one's self in trying to fathom femininity, is a sensation equally foreign to his temperament.

From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival

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