Introspective

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Introspective \In`tro*spec"tive\, a. [Cf. F. introspectif.]
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     1. Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or
        exercising, inspection; self-conscious.
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     2. Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of
        physical phenomena; -- contrasted with {associational}.
        --J. S. Mill.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  introspective
       adj : examining own sensory and perceptual experiences [syn: {introverted}]
             [ant: {extrospective}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "introspective":
     absorbed, abstracted, buried in thought, cogitative, cognitive,
     concentrating, concentrative, conceptive, conceptual,
     conceptualized, contemplating, contemplative, deliberating,
     deliberative, engaged in thought, engrossed, engrossed in thought,
     excogitating, ideative, immersed in thought, lost in thought,
     meditating, meditative, mental, museful, musing, noetic, occupied,
     pensive, pondering, prehensive, preoccupied, rapt, reflecting,
     reflective, ruminant, ruminating, ruminative, serious, sober,
     speculative, thinking, thought, thoughtful, wistful,
     wrapped in thought