introspective
in-truh-SPEK-tivadjMeaning looking inward at your own thoughts and feelings
Memory hook INTRO-SPECT: look IN. Lila holds a magnifying glass up to her own heart: she is looking inside herself. A person who looks in like that is introspective.
After the game, the introspective pitcher sat alone, replaying every choice he had made.
In context Maya was chatty at parties but introspective in her diary, where she asked herself why she felt the way she did and what she wanted to change.
Similar reflective, thoughtful, self-examining, contemplative
Opposite unreflective, outward-looking
From Latin introspicere, “to look into”: intro (inward) + specere (to look).