Soulsearching

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of soul-searching. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "There is a parallel between President Kennedy's election battlecry—"let's get America moving again"—and the soulsearching going on in Britain."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of soulsearch form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of soul-searching. alt-of, alternative

    "Whatever one thinks of [Frederick Campbell] Crews's indictment, the issues he raises represent important challenges to psychoanalysis and should encourage serious, even soulsearching, thought on the part of psychoanalytic adherents."

Synonyms

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self-analysis

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"Whatever one thinks of [Frederick Campbell] Crews's indictment, the issues he raises represent important challenges to psychoanalysis and should encourage serious, even soulsearching, thought on the part of psychoanalytic adherents."

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