self-analysis

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In the latest bombshell dropped by the two reporters, they dug up seven drafts of the department’s self-analysis, or after-action report, and found that it had been altered multiple times to soften damning conclusions.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

After periods of introspection and self-analysis, Bellamy the coach is a different person, one who prides himself on his composure and analytical eye.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

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

Until, that is, they reach the point where self-analysis ends and self-interest begins.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022

If so, what sort of guide or scheme or system may such self-analysis profitably follow?

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