rare. [f. L. extrā outside + spectiōn-em, n. of action f. specĕre to see.] Outward observation.
1879. Northwestern Miller, 26 Dec., 417/2. Ef yo’ will do a leetle extraspection into yo’ will remember the anxiety ob de hen havin ter scratch.
1887. Westm. Rev., CXXVIII. 629. This knowledge is obtained through science by extra-spection and by religion through intro-spection.
1910. J. E. Donley, in Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl., 3 Nov., 680/2. He has replaced the extra-spection of normal living by the intro-spection of neuroticism.
