self-reflection

[self-ri-flek-shuhn]

noun

1. careful examination of one's own character, behavior, aspirations, etc.; introspection.

Example Sentences

“They’re not the type of people like me self-referring to mental health,” he said, adding that he felt his father displayed narcissistic tendencies and lack of self-reflection.

From Los Angeles Times

Understanding how others react in situations can in itself be informative, or prompt self-reflection.

From BBC

"I had experience of playing under a lot of managers, good and bad, and I really tried to learn off the good and bad, and self-reflection on myself, put myself back into the player, what worked for me, because I was a complicated person. I needed a 'why' and some coaches were scared of that, but I embrace it. I need to know. There's always a reason to everything I do."

From BBC

Barabak: I think self-reflection is good for the party, to a point.

From Los Angeles Times

But in Chew-Bose’s passion to dig deeper into the circumstances underpinning a young girl’s life-altering cruelty, there’s an over-intellectualization of motive, a need to continually crack the sleek surface of Sagan’s bourgeois characters with self-reflection.

From Los Angeles Times