self-exploration

American  

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

noun

plural

self-explorations

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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Example Sentences

Through this journey of self-exploration I have come to realize how coercive gender-identity ideology was for me, disguising harm as compassion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 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

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

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

Davy hopes that Half Magic can affirm that self-exploration through makeup isn’t exclusively for Gen Z and millennials.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2022

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