self-contemplation

[ self-kon-tuh m-pley-shuh n, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlfˌkɒn təmˈpleɪ ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /

the act or process of thinking about oneself or one's values, beliefs, behavior, etc.

Words nearby self-contemplation

It seeks the highest triumphants of humanity in the exercise of devotion, self-contemplation, and self-denial.

The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors |Kersey Graves
Ethel saw the truth of what her friend had said of the morbid habit of self-contemplation.

The Daisy Chain |Charlotte Yonge
And his solitude it has been and his self-contemplation that have evolved his later manner.

A History of American Literature Since 1870 |Fred Lewis Pattee
The half truth, resulting from its being the effect of self-contemplation, makes it more dangerous.'

The Heir of Redclyffe |Charlotte M. Yonge

His tender, poetical soul grew sad in his loneliness; he withdrew from the outer world, and became absorbed in self-contemplation.

History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6) |Heinrich Graetz