WordNet
self-contemplation
n. the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct [syn: introspection, self-examination]
Usage examples of "self-contemplation".
The bliss which God unchangingly enjoys in his never-ending self-contemplation is the Good after which all other things yearn and, in their various measures and manners, strive.
Scorrier’s loss of temper having been succeeded by majestic sulks, and Charlotte’s hysterical fit by a nervous despondency which led her to reply to any remark addressed to her in a scared, breathless voice that discouraged further attempts to divert her mind from morbid self-contemplation.