personal insight

collocation in English

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personal
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us
/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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insight
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.saɪt/us
/ˈɪn.saɪt/
(the ability to have) a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem ...
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(Definition ofpersonalandinsightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Personalinsightand meaning are the harbingers of shared and public meaning.
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The journals gave the clinical coordinator apersonalinsightof each student and knowledge of their professional development.
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Anthropology students and development workers will gain much from this very comprehensive and reader-friendly account, which interweaves fact, theory andpersonalinsightat every step.
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It looks as thoughpersonalinsightinto moral principles is exactly what we could not have.
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He gave us a valuablepersonalinsightinto the difficulties faced by single parents—in his case, male.
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My speech will, necessarily, draw more onpersonalinsightthan on the results of burning the midnight oil.
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They were more about pursuingpersonalinsightand introspection than a set of specific techniques.
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Enthusiastic ex-railway workers are on hand, to give apersonalinsightinto many of the exhibits.
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His blog also offerspersonalinsighton accounting and other business issues.
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The article describes the tactics used by reporters working under potentially lethal conditions, and providespersonalinsightinto the effects of terror and stress on those working in combat zones.
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Boyden also adeptly infusespersonalinsightfrom his broad experience and knowledge as a scholar of musical objects and performance.
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Characteristic of the early mythopoetic movement was a tendency to retell myths, legends and folktales, and engage in their exegesis as a tool forpersonalinsight.
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The mathematics that he developed in response was delicately balanced between the impersonal power of symbolic manipulations and the personal insights of conceptual exploration.
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What the book inevitably lacks in impartial analysis, it makes up for in the wealth of personal insights into important policy decisions and political practices during this period.
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He gives his personal insights into how this is done.
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He is almost exclusively a political historian, and his works are infused with personal insights he gained from his practical experience of people and institutions.
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The love letters are an authentic literary contribution, and offer delightful personal insights into a turbulent era of world history.
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Its virtue is in personal insights of the author and the lofty manner of their presentation.
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