scrutiny
noun
a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
self-scrutiny
-
a word derived from
scrutiny.
Example Sentences
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While it’s nice that viewers can reclaim the Marnie title and own their egos, perhaps it’s not Marnie that we should be modeling ourselves on at all, but rather, Williams’ level-headed conviction and self-scrutiny.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2025
Might it be a timely exercise in self-scrutiny to try to understand how that transpired?
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2023
So where, exactly, is the self-scrutiny supposed to come from?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2022
In the less successful “And So We Come Forth,” the subject of racial division sets the conversational self-scrutiny in motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2020
The imagination of men was too busy to leave room for self-scrutiny.
From English literary criticism by Various
