Extraspection

Quick meaning: Extraspection is a noun meaning The act process of extraspecting; the perception of that which is other than one's own internal state.

Meaning

The act process of extraspecting; the perception of that which is other than one's own internal state.

Example Sentences

But some of this awareness has indirect objects that are not mental ; some introspection is also extraspection.

In the same way as the alleged mental occurrences of other people are reduced to the description of physical bodies, introspection is reduced by means of imitation to extraspection or autoimitation.

Finally, and perhaps of most interest to readers of this journal, Moustakas offers us his version of how the deliberate introspecting of our extraspections bears on the task of phenomenological psychotherapy.

But whoever is interested in the purpose-striving behavior, the emotional life and the internal states of man and of some higher animals cannot travel the road of extraspection exclusively: he must follow the path of introspection.

Word Forms

• extraspections

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include extrospection, exteroreception, extrajection, sixth sense, externalism, introspection.

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