as in self-exploration
the act or process of gaining knowledge or understanding of your abilities, character, and feelings
She was on a voyage of self-discovery.
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Recent Examples of self-discovery
Hard to think about something that matters to me less than this self-serious middle child’s quest for self-discovery.
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
Some psychologists say that adolescence (ages 13-18) is the toughest period, as it is often marked by emotional turmoil due to hormonal changes, the process of self-discovery, and social pressure.
—Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
On March 14, a total lunar eclipse will touch down on your ninth house of expansion and self-discovery, highlighting the conflict between your newfound beliefs and your early upbringing.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
While it is often marketed as a path to self-discovery, solo travel can also trigger chronic hypervigilance, especially in unfamiliar or unsafe environments.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
Some psychologists say that adolescence (ages 13-18) is the toughest period, as it is often marked by emotional turmoil due to hormonal changes, the process of self-discovery, and social pressure.
—Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
On March 14, a total lunar eclipse will touch down on your ninth house of expansion and self-discovery, highlighting the conflict between your newfound beliefs and your early upbringing.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
While it is often marketed as a path to self-discovery, solo travel can also trigger chronic hypervigilance, especially in unfamiliar or unsafe environments.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-discovery
- self-exploration
- self-realization
- introspection
- meditation
- self-fulfillment
- soul-searching
- self-reflection
- self-examination
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The affair becomes a misguided attempt at self-exploration, a way to recapture freedom, desirability or excitement that seems absent in daily life.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Psychedelics and Personal Growth Beyond their therapeutic applications, psychedelics are also gaining recognition as tools for personal growth, self-exploration, and spiritual development.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2025
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Both young actors are superb, each zigzagging along that fine line between immature posturing and actual, exhilarating self-realization, evoking that transitional stage through which girls like them can often seem at least three ages at once.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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These songs act as cognitive time capsules, evoking moments of heartbreak, discovery, and self-realization.—
Diana Spehar,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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In fact, this is every psychologist's dream: introspection without disrupting activity.—
Benjamin Voyer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Private Collection is surprisingly bright for a Saba album, trading the trauma of 2018’s Care for Me and introspection of Few Good Things for songs about community, dating, and dreadlocks.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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At the time, the outlet also claimed that the two attended daily meditation sessions.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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One of the best LPs of that year, the music explored our ongoing ecological emergency, mustering up personal meditations from inside the climate crisis.—
Sheldon Pearce,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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These cultures tend to view divorce as a justifiable and often necessary step toward self-fulfillment.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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This is Mascaro’s most humane film to date, which isn’t to say that August Winds and Neon Bull weren’t also grounded in the individual’s struggle for self-fulfillment outside the strictures of bourgeois circumscribed society.—
Jay D. Weissberg,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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As a party, Democrats were forced to do some soul-searching after losing the White House, House and Senate in the 2024 election.—
ForbesTV,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The scale of Trump's triumph has sparked widespread soul-searching within the Democratic Party over what went wrong and how to rebuild.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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The best coaches understand that growth stems from emotional awareness, self-reflection and honest conversations.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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The first step in harnessing envy productively is honest self-reflection.—
Marco Buscaglia,
Boston Herald,
17 Mar. 2025
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The moon’s connection to Saturn offers a beautiful opportunity for self-examination and healing.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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Under the guidance of their trainers, athletes undergo self-examination and trial-and-error strategies for improvement.—
Janine Schindler,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Self-discovery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-discovery. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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