introspective
/in-truh-SPEK-tiv/adjectivegiven to examining one's own thoughts and feelings
“Losing the final made the young champion unusually introspective.”
- Synonyms
- reflective, contemplative, inward
- Antonyms
- extroverted
- Root
- spec- (look)
- Memory hook
- intro (inside) + spect (look): looking inward.
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