soul searchn.

Brit.

/ˈsəʊl səːtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈsoʊl ˌsərtʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soul n., search n.

Etymology: < soul n. + search n., after soul-searching adj.

The action or an act of searching a soul, or the soul; = soul-searching n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > introspection > [noun]

search1520

searching1611

self-searching1632

soul-searchinga1651

introversion1654

soul search1667

1667 N. Billingsley Treasury Divine Raptures 221 Soul-search for sin we seldom go about.

1882 G. E. Ellis Red Man & White Man in N. Amer. vii. 391 That soul-search [which opened]..the secrets of the inner being of the novitiate.

1894 W. E. Baily Dramatic Poems 15 This soul-search for a goal.

1966 Guardian 8 July 3/5 (heading) Soul-search by the Liberals.

1999 N.Y. Times 6 Dec. a1/4 A national soul-search about Israel's identity.

2002 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 9 Jan. (Metropolitan section) 17 ‘I believe that it's incumbent on the artist..to make a soul search within oneself,’ she says.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	soul search
释义	soul searchn. Brit. /ˈsəʊl səːtʃ/, U.S. /ˈsoʊl ˌsərtʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soul n., search n. Etymology: < soul n. + search n., after soul-searching adj. The action or an act of searching a soul, or the soul; = soul-searching n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > introspection > [noun] search1520 searching1611 self-searching1632 soul-searchinga1651 introversion1654 soul search1667 1667 N. Billingsley Treasury Divine Raptures 221 Soul-search for sin we seldom go about. 1882 G. E. Ellis Red Man & White Man in N. Amer. vii. 391 That soul-search [which opened]..the secrets of the inner being of the novitiate. 1894 W. E. Baily Dramatic Poems 15 This soul-search for a goal. 1966 Guardian 8 July 3/5 (heading) Soul-search by the Liberals. 1999 N.Y. Times 6 Dec. a1/4 A national soul-search about Israel's identity. 2002 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 9 Jan. (Metropolitan section) 17 ‘I believe that it's incumbent on the artist..to make a soul search within oneself,’ she says. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1667
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