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self-reflective

American  
[self-ri-flekt-iv] / ˌsɛlf rɪˈflɛkt ɪv /

adjective

  1. having a tendency to think about one's own feelings, traits, and actions; prone to introspection and self-reflection.


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Therapists are taught to manage these feelings, but if not trained well or sufficiently self-reflective, they can let their biases go unchecked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

A more self-reflective judge might ask where he went wrong; Oldham refuses to accept that he can be wrong.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025

Through handwritten letters and self-reflective collages, this project explores who I am as a woman, a mother and a Muslim.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024

Yet he also displayed signs of being “quiet,” inquisitive and self-reflective, she said.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024

Indeed, it is one of the defining characteristics of our level of self-reflective intelligence.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus

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