self-questioning

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

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noun

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

Origin of self-questioning

First recorded in 1860–65

Words Nearby self-questioning

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How to use self-questioning in a sentence

Such moments of clear self-questioning were of course rare, but the nerve-fretting problems always existed.
Human Nature In Politics | Graham Wallas
The centres of civilization seethe, as it were, and are ebullient with the agitation of the self-questioning heart.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols) | Thomas De Quincey
Women who lead contemplative and sedentary lives are overmuch given to this sort of morbid self-questioning.
Heriot's Choice | Rosa Nouchette Carey
And he was almost bewildered by the strange answer that had come to his self-questioning.
A Soldier of the Legion | C. N. Williamson
Away went Budge, and Mrs. Burton devoted herself to thought and self-questioning.
Romance of California Life | John Habberton

British Dictionary definitions for self-questioning

self-questioning

adjective

doubting or questioning oneself or one's abilities

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