self-questioning

[ self-kwes-chuh-ning, self- ]

noun

1. review or scrutiny of one's own motives or behavior.

self-questioning

adjective

1. doubting or questioning oneself or one's abilities

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-questioning¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Such moments of clear self-questioning were of course rare, but the nerve-fretting problems always existed.

From Project Gutenberg

The centres of civilization seethe, as it were, and are ebullient with the agitation of the self-questioning heart.

From Project Gutenberg

Women who lead contemplative and sedentary lives are overmuch given to this sort of morbid self-questioning.

From Project Gutenberg

And he was almost bewildered by the strange answer that had come to his self-questioning.

From Project Gutenberg

Away went Budge, and Mrs. Burton devoted herself to thought and self-questioning.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• contemplation
• meditation
• reflection
• scrutiny
• self-examination
• soul-searching