Meanings
nounself-examination (countable and uncountable, plural self-examinations)
plural self-examinations
- countableuncountableThe process of examining one's own body for signs of illness.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Narrower
autopalpationself-palpation
nounthe contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
Similar
introspectionself-contemplation
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishexamination
- Englishself-examination
From self- + examination.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan autoexploració
- autoexploracióexamination of oneself
Chinese Mandarin 自省
- 自省 (zìxǐng)examination of oneself
Finnish itsetutkiskelu
- itsetutkiskeluexamination of oneself
French auto-examen
- auto-examenexamination of oneself
Greek αυτοεξέταση
- αυτοεξέταση (aftoexétasi)examination of oneself
Hindi आत्मनिरीक्षण
- आत्मनिरीक्षण (ātmanirīkṣaṇ)examination of oneself
Hungarian önvizsgálat, önvizsga
- önvizsgálatexamination of oneself
- önvizsgaexamination of oneself
Italian autoesame
- autoesameexamination of oneself
Norwegian Bokmål egenundersøkelse, selvundersøkelse
- egenundersøkelseexamination of oneself
- selvundersøkelseexamination of oneself
Romanian autoexaminare
- autoexaminareexamination of oneself
Russian самоана́лиз
- самоана́лиз (samoanáliz)examination of oneself
Cite this entry
APA
self-examination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-examination
MLA
“self-examination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-examination. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-examination,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-examination.
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