soul-searching
- n a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives
- The battle for leadership of the new minority party in Congress reflects the soul-searching going on after an election drubbing.
- This imbalance has caused some soul-searching and second-guessing in newsrooms as reporters realize they are being successfully manipulated by the McCain campaign.
- Meeting in New York City last month, the general board of the National Council of Churches entered into soul-searching discussion of the role its members should play in the .