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soul-searching Definition

soul·-searching (-sʉr′c̸hiŋ)

noun

close, honest examination of one's true feelings, motives, etc.

soul-searching Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • do: Jannick Top: Human barbarism reached a new low in Hiroshima, which forced people to do some soul-searching.
  • prompt: The biannual fashion fest has prompted the usual soul-searching about Britain's place in haute couture.

Adjective modifier

  • serious: Now this in itself may give rise to some serious academic soul-searching.
  • much: The magazine lost as much as £ 15m during its short lifetime, leading to much internal soul-searching.
  • intense: During a period of intense soul-searching I can say, for the first time, that I truly WANT to give up gambling.
  • considerable: After considerable soul-searching, they found they had done many things wrong during their life and had time to put them right.
  • internal: The magazine lost as much as £ 15m during its short lifetime, leading to much internal soul-searching.

Modifies a noun

  • question: Fortunately, or unfortunately, we have no soul-searching questions to ask of you, except that your journey continue.
  • journey: You can go on soul-searching journeys or soul-destroying mountain hikes!

Modifying Another Word

  • much: There followed much soul-searching on whether a one-eyed kite could survive in the wild.

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