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

And as we freely use the images and texts these systems offer us, what fate awaits the difficult but rewarding self-exploration that animates artistic creation?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

This desire for a farm is her latest self-exploration, clarifying for her that she loves her profession but not the superficial trappings that accompany it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

“Through decades of self-exploration and groundbreaking scientific studies, Wim has created a simple, effective way to stimulate these deep physiological processes and realize our full potential,” it states.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2024

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 Mary Antin

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