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Meaning of INTROSPECTIVE

Pronunciation:  `intrusp'ektiv

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 Definition: [adj]  examining own sensory and perceptual experiences
 
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 Synonyms: introverted, self-examining
 
 Antonyms: extrospective, extroverted
 

 

 

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In`tro*spec"tive\, a. [Cf. F. introspectif.]
1. Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or
   exercising, inspection; self-conscious.
2. Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of
   physical phenomena; -- contrasted with associational. --J.
   S. Mill.
 
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