Usually means: Introspective reflection on personal values.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word soul-searching:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. soul-searching: Merriam-Webster
  2. soul-searching: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. soul-searching: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. soul-searching, soul-searching: Collins English Dictionary
  5. soul-searching: Vocabulary.com
  6. Soul-Searching, Soul-searching, soul-searching: Wordnik
  7. soul-searching: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. soul-searching: Wiktionary
  9. soul-searching: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. soul-searching: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. soul-searching: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. soul-searching: Dictionary.com
  13. soul-searching: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. soul-searching: Rhymezone
  15. soul-searching: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. soul-searching: FreeDictionary.org
  17. soul-searching: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. soul-searching: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. soul-searching: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. soul-searching: Encyclopedia

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adjective:  Involving probing introspection, or a critical consideration of one's conscience, especially motives and values.
noun:  Probing introspection; a critical consideration of one's conscience; also, an instance of such consideration.

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