Associations to the word «Introspective»

Wiktionary

INTROSPECTIVE, adjective. Examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself.
INTROSPECTIVE SORT, noun. (computing) A sorting algorithm that begins with quicksort and switches to heapsort when the recursion depth exceeds a level based on (the logarithm of) the number of elements being sorted.

Dictionary definition

INTROSPECTIVE, adjective. Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope