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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
soul-searching
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Diana was sympathetic, but did not fully understand his unrest, nor his frantic soul-searching.
▪ Dilemmas like these can force your organization into some uncomfortable soul-searching, and equally uncomfortable self-revelation.
▪ In his autobiography, Davis recalls a soul-searching meeting with Sly about his direction.
▪ It caused a great deal of soul-searching, and I really wondered if I could do it.
▪ One looks in vain for any evidence of soul-searching among the legal clan.
▪ The consequent soul-searching often includes as much self-mockery as it does social criticism, and for this reason it is not subversive.
▪ The possibility that husbands might fail to provide altogether caused some soul-searching during the late nineteenth century.
▪ Their music is driven by soul-searching.
Wiktionary
soul-searching

alt. Probing introspection, a critical consideration of one's conscience, especially motives and values. n. Probing introspection, a critical consideration of one's conscience, especially motives and values.

WordNet
soul-searching

n. a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives [syn: self-analysis]

Usage examples of "soul-searching".

Risking damage to life and limb was better than listening to any more bat soul-searching.

I gave myself a soul-searching and admitted curiosity as morbid as that of any female who propositioned me simply because I was Star's consort.

I gave myself a soul-searching and admitted curiosity as morbid as that of any female who propositioned me simply because I was Star’s consort.

After much soul-searching, she'd decided to brave the madness loose in the capital, to rescue equipment she would need from her apartment.