Introspect
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɪntɹəˈspɛkt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Introspect is a verb meaning (intransitive) To engage in introspection.
Meaning
(intransitive) To engage in introspection.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To look into.
- (transitive, programming) To examine by means of type introspection.
Example Sentences
DynamicMBeanFacade uses Java's reflection API to introspect the managed resource and discover data type information for attributes.
Second, to say that something is introspectible, that we can introspect it, is not to imply that we are in fact aware of it. What's more, I haven't claimed that we even can introspect all the thoughts we have, only that we can introspect that we have two important sorts of thoughts.
Word Forms
- introspects
- introspecting
- introspected
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include self-reflect, reflect, ruminate, meditate, pause, retrospect.
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