self-awareness

Noun

Meaning

awareness of your own individuality

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Alternative names

self awareness

Synonyms

head enlightenment brain aware consciousness conscious conscience psyche introspection cerebrum self-examination awareness thinker self-knowledge self-view
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Antonyms

depersonalization identity crisis identity confusion disintegration of personality fragmentation of personality identity loss
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Hypernyms

consciousness cognizance awareness knowingness cognisance

Hyponyms

orientation self-consciousness

Examples

At the time the game takes place, Planet is nearing its self-awareness threshold. Source: Internet

Consistent with this hypothesis, Gordon Gallup found that chimps and orangutans, but not little monkeys or terrestrial gorillas, demonstrated self-awareness in mirror tests. Source: Internet

A necessary condition of every subject's self-awareness, for Fichte, is the existence of other rational subjects. Source: Internet

A few guys walked into the bar, and one of them used a racial slur, and it was so nonchalant, so brazen, without an ounce of remorse or even self-awareness, and instead of seeing this guy, for some reason I saw his upbringing. Source: Internet

Body-mind integration techniques stress self-awareness and movement over physical manipulations by a practitioner. Source: Internet

E. Fraenkel, Horace, 32, 80 Lucilius was a rugged patriot and a significant voice in Roman self-awareness, endearing himself to his countrymen by his blunt frankness and explicit politics. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

self-authentication self-averaging pitot tube probe self-aware self-balancing self-balancing potentiometer self-banished