Thesaurus results for SELF-ANALYSIS

self-analysis

noun

as in introspection

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Recent Examples of self-analysis Bait, the new Prime Video miniseries Ahmed created, wrote, and stars in, is both an exercise in self-analysis and an interrogation of it, a breakneck romp through farce, satire, thriller, family drama, and romantic walk-and-talk that transforms itself in each of its six episodes. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026 With a mind engaged in varied tasks, the time dedicated to art becomes sharper, less prone to the debilitating self-analysis that can derail artistic momentum. —

Kice Akkawi, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025 Mills, a longtime associate of Fiona Apple, knows this territory well: the pointed self-analysis of an extremely sensitive person. —

Jenn Pelly, Time, 7 June 2025 Lynne Sharon Schwartz’s otherwise smart Rough Strife suffered from the first-person narrator’s self-analysis eclipsing action and drive. —

Alex Vernon may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025 Do some self-analysis, and ask yourself: What are my interests? —

Robin Ryan, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 This is another trait of Mr. McNally’s: lacerating self-analysis, paired with knowing humor. —

Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 2 May 2025 Zambra’s essays and stories contain plenty of reflection and self-analysis, but the fundamental purpose of the nonfiction that dominates the book is to show readers his son, his son’s world, and the overlapping but not identical world of fatherhood. —

Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024 The sociopolitical implications of his story—desperate poverty, harassment by the police, along with exploitation by the boxing business and its high-handed authorities—are balanced by his earnest self-analyses and the detailing of his home life. —

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024

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Some viewers took Sharon’s critique as tough love that prompted necessary introspection about why their natural texture is concealed and manipulated so often.

— Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 14 May 2026
The back half is comprised of less showy songs that fold midlife introspection into broader concerns.

— Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026