soul-searching
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soul-searching
- /ˈsəʊlsəːtʃɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈsoʊlˌsəɹtʃɪŋ/ US
Where it comes from
From soul + searching; the noun is derived from the adjective.
adjective more soul-searching · most soul-searching · soul searching · soulsearching
- Involving probing introspection, or a critical consideration of one's conscience, especially motives and values. Fortune had showered upon him gifts unlooked for; had enabled him, had he been blessed with prudence, to keep the path where he could have been free from ostentatious obligation, on the one hand, and soul searching mortification on the other: but, like an improvident spendthrift, he had lavished awa
noun soul-searchings · soul searching · soulsearching
- Probing introspection; a critical consideration of one's conscience; also, an instance of such consideration. After much soul-searching I decided to confess.
verb soul searching · soulsearching
- present participle and gerund of soul-search
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| Français | examen de conscience |
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title = {soul-searching},
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