Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

introspect

/ˌɪntɹəˈspɛkt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: in-tro-spect
IPA: /ˌɪntɹəˈspɛkt/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To engage in introspection.

Intransitive verb

verb

Transitive verb

verb

To examine by means of type introspection.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Second, to say that something is introspectible, that we can introspect it, is not to imply that we are in fact aware of it. What's more, I haven't claimed that we even can introspect all the thoughts we have, only that we can introspect that we have two important sorts of thoughts."
"DynamicMBeanFacade uses Java's reflection API to introspect the managed resource and discover data type information for attributes."

Etymology

From Latin intrōspectus, past participle of intrōspiciō. By surface analysis, intro- + -spect.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: intrōspectus

Usage

Inflected Forms

introspects (present, singular) introspecting (participle, present) introspected (participle, past) introspected (past)

Derived Forms

extrospect introspectability introspectable

Rhymes With

project perfect respect effect expect subject protect direct correct affect object checked

Questions

How do you pronounce introspect?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪntɹəˈspɛkt/.
What does introspect mean?: To engage in introspection.
Where does introspect come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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