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sympathetic introspection

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[sim-puh-thet-ik in-truh-spek-shuhn] / ˌsɪm pəˈθɛt ɪk ˌɪn trəˈspɛk ʃən /

noun

Sociology.

  1. a study of human conduct in which the investigator imagines that they are engaged in that conduct.

Etymology

Origin of sympathetic introspection

First recorded in 1905–10

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