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self-examination

 
Dictionary: self-ex·am·i·na·tion   (sĕlf'ĭg-zăm'ə-nā'shən)
n.
  1. An introspective consideration of one's own thoughts or emotions.
  2. Examination of one's own body for medical reasons: a periodontal self-examination; a breast self-examination.

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n.
  1. An introspective consideration of one's own thoughts or emotions.
  2. Examination of one's own body for medical reasons.
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
  Synonyms: introspection, self-contemplation


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Quotes:

"Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own." - Francois FeNelon

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - selvransagelse, selvbeskuelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
zelfbeschouwing

Français (French)
n. - introspection, (Méd) auto-examen

Deutsch (German)
n. - Selbstbeobachtung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενδοσκόπηση, αυτοπαρατηρησία, (ιατρ.) αυτοεξέταση

Italiano (Italian)
introspezione, autoesame

Português (Portuguese)
n. - exame de consciência (m), autocrítica (f), introspecção (f)

Русский (Russian)
самопроверка, самокритика

Español (Spanish)
n. - introspección, examen de conciencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - självprövan, självrannsakan

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
反省, 自我批判

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 反省, 自我批判

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자성, 반성, 자기 분석

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 自省, 反省, 自己分析

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فحص ألمرء لافكاره و دوافعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ביקורת עצמית, בדיקה עצמית של הגוף לגילוי סימני מחלה‬


 
 

 

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