introspection
/ˌɪntɹəˈspekʃən/in-truh-SPEK-shuhn
/ˌɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/in-truh-SPEK-shuhn
Meaninga looking within
Common meaning: looking at your own thoughts and feelings
- introwithin
- spectto look at, watchLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1737 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘within’ + ‘to look at, watch’ → introspection
Journey through time
- Latinintrospectio‘a looking into’source
- Englishintrospection‘looking at your own thoughts and feelings’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin speciō (spiciō) ‘to look at, watch’.
Roots
- speciō (spiciō), spexī, spectum Latin “to look at, watch”
Related words
aspectdespicabledisrespectinspectperspectiveprospectrespectretrospectspecimenspectaclespectatorsuspect
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