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SELF-ANALYSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The application of psychotherapeutic principles to the analysis of your own personality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("self-analysis" is a kind of...):
psychotherapy (the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives
Synonyms:
self-analysis; soul-searching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("self-analysis" is a kind of...):
introspection; self-contemplation; self-examination (the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct)