self-reflection

Example Sentences

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If consciousness requires sophisticated self-reflection, then perhaps only adult humans qualify.

From Los Angeles Times

By replacing McLaughlin with someone just as eager to debase herself, Noem is signaling that she has no intention of changing course at DHS — and any hopes to the contrary assume a capacity for self-reflection the secretary doesn’t seem to have.

From Salon

Not even the creature’s eloquence moves Victor to self-reflection: “O Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Besides, a bit of thoughtful self-reflection is never a bad thing.

From Los Angeles Times

And so having to research that just opened up a whole treasure trove of truth for me and inquiry and self-reflection and self-love and admiration of all the people that came before, the difficult decisions my parents made, and then the difficult decisions I’ve had to make in navigating being an immigrant in another country.

From Los Angeles Times