self-examining

1. 1.

   given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

   Synonymsintrospectiveintroverted

Questions about self-examining

What does self-examining mean?

self-examining means "given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences".

How many syllables are in self-examining?

self-examining has 5 syllables: sel-f-ex-a-mi-ning. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for self-examining?

Close synonyms include introspective, introverted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-examining a common word?

self-examining is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.