Main Entry: in·tro·spec·tion·ism

Pronunciation: \-shə-ˌni-zəm\

Function: noun

Date: 1922

: a doctrine that psychology must be based essentially on data derived from introspection — compare behaviorism

— in·tro·spec·tion·ist \-sh(ə-)nist\ or in·tro·spec·tion·is·tic \-ˌspek-shə-ˈnis-tik\ adjective

— introspectionist noun