self-communion
noun[U]
formaluk/ˌself.kəˈmjuː.njən/us/ˌself.kəˈmjuː.njən/theactorhabitofconcentratingonyourownthoughtsandfeelingsratherthancommunicatingwith otherpeople:
We often getattachedtobooksat the sametimeas we getattachedto self-communion, inouradolescence.
Unlike in astandardself-portrait, there's noeyecontact, noappealto theviewer, no self-communion.
- Heembarkedon 34yearsof self-communion in themonastery,punctuatedbyfrequentoutingstovisitfriends.
- Solutions did notspringfrom myheadincontemplativeself-communion, but fromdialogue,readinggroups, andseminarswithcolleagues.
Empathy and sensitivity
- attuned
- commune
- communicate
- communion
- compathy
- emotional intelligence
- empathy
- identify
- identify withsomeone
- put
- putyourselfinsomeone'splace/position/shoesidiom
- rapport
- self-discovery
- sensitive
- sensitiveness
- sympathetically
- sympathize
- theory of mind
- understand
- understanding