self-contemplation

noun

self-con·​tem·​pla·​tion ˌself-ˌkän-təm-ˈplā-shən 

-ˌtem-

: the act of studying or contemplating oneself

Journals kept in the past were, of course, written by literate people with the leisure for self-contemplation.

—Kelly Kerney

Synonyms

• introspection
• self-examination
• self-observation
• self-questioning
• self-reflection
• self-scrutiny
• self-searching
• soul-searching

Examples of self-contemplation in a Sentence

she doesn't seem to see the difference between a reasonable amount of self-contemplation and total self-absorption

Recent Examples on the Web

After the eclipse wraps, the Sun doubles down on the compulsion toward self-contemplation in partnership with Lilith. —Jennifer Culp, Them, 27 Sep. 2024

Missing from the fair but important nonetheless is Hsiao Chin, the first and only post-war Chinese artist to convey Eastern philosophical ideas and the concepts of mindfulness and self-contemplation in the Western pictorial language of abstraction. —Florence Tsai, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1675, in the meaning defined above