reflectiveness
Tendency toward introspection
Reflectiveness is the quality of being thoughtful or contemplative—the tendency to examine one's own thoughts, experiences, or motives: Her reflectiveness made her a good therapist.
The word also describes a surface's capacity to reflect light or images: The reflectiveness of the lake at dawn was striking.
Thinking deeply about something
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- cogitationCareful, prolonged consideration
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- musingReflective contemplation
speculation · consideration · analysis · reasoning · evaluation · brooding · concentration · absorption
Scrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- self-analysisScrutinizing one's own psyche
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- self-questioningProbing one's own thoughts
self-scrutiny · self-observation · self-perception · self-discovery · self-inquiry · self-understanding · self-consciousness
Soft reflected light
- sheenSoft surface luster
- glossinessReflective surface quality
- shininessReflective surface quality
- polishSmooth by rubbing
glaze · brightness · gleam · glint · sparkle · mirrorlike · glassy · silky
State of perceiving reality
- presenceState of being somewhere
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- focusConcentrated attention point
- breathAir taken in
stillness · meditation · centering · grounding · observation · acceptance · equanimity · nonjudgmental
pondering
Thinking deeply about something
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- cogitationCareful, prolonged consideration
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
musing · speculation · consideration · analysis · reasoning · evaluation · brooding · concentration · absorption · preoccupation
self-examination
Scrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- self-analysisScrutinizing one's own psyche
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
self-questioning · self-scrutiny · self-observation · self-perception · self-discovery · self-inquiry · self-understanding · self-consciousness
luster
Soft reflected light
- sheenSoft surface luster
- glossinessReflective surface quality
- shininessReflective surface quality
polish · glaze · brightness · gleam · glint · sparkle · mirrorlike · glassy · silky · satiny
awareness
State of perceiving reality
breath · stillness · meditation · centering · grounding · observation · acceptance · equanimity · nonjudgmental · clarity
- light effectsshine, glow, gleam, shimmer, glitter
- intellectual virtuesintellectual humility, intellectual courage, intellectual honesty, open-mindedness, fair-mindedness
- mindsetsgrowth mindset, fixed mindset, mindset, abundance mindset, scarcity mindset
reflectivenessimpulsiveness
Acting without forethought
impulsivity · rashness · hastiness · recklessness · impetuosity
reflectivenessunreflectiveness
Absence of self-examination
shallowness · superficiality · obliviousness · unself-consciousness · mindlessness
reflectivenessabsorbency
Capacity to soak up
absorption · matteness · dullness · opacity · transparency
reflect, reflection, reflective, reflecting, reflected, reflector, reflections, reflectors, unreflective