introspection

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“It’s a little bit complicated when they put an image in your head and now you’re stuck with it,” he sings in “Paint by Numbers,” which pretty handily demonstrates how lightweight the introspection is here.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

For all his introspection, Dunk wrongfully justifies his own survival as a transaction — a king-to-be traded for a commoner.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Judy, it turns out, has become a psychiatrist—as inclined toward introspection as Boritt was averse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Fighting talk from his players about the introspection sessions they have put themselves through since the implosions of the autumn were words that were not acted upon when the first test of their mettle arrived.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

But introspection gives us far more insight into the ways of other humans than into those of dinosaurs.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond