as in self-reflections
examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
not a man given to introspection, he grew impatient with his wife's constant need to discuss their relationship
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With words infallibly falling short, Pritam mingled realism with a fragmentary style of narration that meshes together social encounters, violent episodes, vivid metaphors, disturbing dreams, memories, intimate self-reflections, and introspection on society.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Throughout her journey after her cancer diagnosis, Bahl has become a fierce advocate for the importance of self-examinations.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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His reflections on the controversies and critical snubbings that greeted movies that have since become consensus masterpieces are nuanced without descending into false modesty.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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The creatives’ goal was to reconstruct memories of the Eastern Australia floods in 2022 and collect reflections on community and overcoming.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Introspections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introspections. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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