self-analysis

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The Times piece, more urgent and insightful than much of what’s in “The Catastrophe Hour,” shows that Daum remains capable of the clear-eyed self-analysis that characterizes her best work.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

The self-analysis, at times, has been more brutal than any pundit could muster on their angriest day.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023

I suppose that in dissecting the song with them, I was indulging in some self-analysis: trying to understand how a happy union of lyrics and musical notes could stay with me so meaningfully, for decades.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

In conversation, Kravchenko is measured, circumspect, unsparing in her self-analysis, with flashes of wry humor.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

The formulation of systematic guides to self-analysis and introspection and the study of the reliability to be placed in the individual's estimates of his own characteristics are making definite and interesting progress.

From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.