self-questioning
Doubting one's motives
Self-questioning is the practice of examining one's own motives, beliefs, or actions.
It implies honest internal scrutiny rather than comfortable self-assurance: A period of self-questioning followed his divorce.
The term suggests productive doubt—not paralysis, but genuine reflection that might lead to change.
State of being unsure
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- second-guessingReconsidering a decision made
- misgivingsFeelings of doubt
indecision · ambivalence · wavering · vacillation · tentativeness · apprehension · wariness · overthinking
Relating to elenctic inquiry
- inquiryRequest for information
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
- CartesianOf x-y coordinate geometry
deconstruction · hermeneutics · metacognition · presuppositions · foundationalism
Probing one's innermost feelings
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
- meditationFocused attention practice
Obligation for one's actions
- humilityFreedom from arrogance
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
reassessment · reconsideration · transformation · maturation · insight · breakthrough · unlearning · reframing
uncertainty
State of being unsure
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- second-guessingReconsidering a decision made
misgivings · indecision · ambivalence · wavering · vacillation · tentativeness · apprehension · wariness · overthinking · reservations
Socratic
Relating to elenctic inquiry
- inquiryRequest for information
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
Cartesian · deconstruction · hermeneutics · metacognition · presuppositions · foundationalism
soul-searching
Probing one's innermost feelings
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
- meditationFocused attention practice
accountability
Obligation for one's actions
- humilityFreedom from arrogance
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
adaptability · reassessment · reconsideration · transformation · maturation · insight · breakthrough · unlearning · reframing · authenticity
- inner thoughtsinner monologue, inner voice, internal dialogue, thoughts, thinking
- insecuritiesinsecurity, inadequacy, inferiority, inferiority complex, unworthiness
- self-reflectionjournaling, soul-searching, contemplation, reflective writing, inner dialogue
- inner dialogueinner voice, inner dialogue, inner monologue, mental chatter, subvocalization
- questioningclosed questions, clarifying questions, leading questions, follow-up questions, rhetorical questions
- self-reflection practicesjournaling, meditation, reflection, daily review
self-questioningself-assured
Trusting in oneself
self-confident · cocksure · unquestioning · overconfident · complacent
self-questioningself-absorbed
Excessively focused inward
narcissistic · self-aggrandizing · self-congratulatory · self-admiring · self-satisfied
self-questioningdogmatic
Asserting opinions as facts
self-righteous · unquestioning · closed-minded · inflexible · doctrinaire
self, question, questioning, introspection, self-doubt, self-examination, self-inquiry