self-consciousness

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Noun
  • Tessa possesses the gift of a hauntingly lyrical voice, the musicianship of a college graduate, and an ambition grounded in integrity, grace, and self-awareness.
    Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Undefined roles require self-direction and self-awareness for the individual to be successful.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While the specific returns for these players could be debated, and even though the thought of Marchand, Carlo and Coyle is difficult for any Bruins fan to swallow, the self-recognition by Boston will be appreciated in years to come.
    Tyler Small, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Researchers believed that would show some semblance of self-recognition.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Zambra’s essays and stories contain plenty of reflection and self-analysis, but the fundamental purpose of the nonfiction that dominates the book is to show readers his son, his son’s world, and the overlapping but not identical world of fatherhood.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The sociopolitical implications of his story—desperate poverty, harassment by the police, along with exploitation by the boxing business and its high-handed authorities—are balanced by his earnest self-analyses and the detailing of his home life.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Leaders who have gone through introspection and self-inquiry are unaffected by emotional turbulence.
    Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Despite being a month of introspection and reflection, March’s astrology will bring emphasis to your sixth house of daily routines, work habits and more importantly, your well-being.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For more details on the advancing realm of AI self-reflection, see my discussion at the link here.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Tom Schwartz pays a visit to The Valley, too, and Jax does some self-reflection with his former Vanderpump Rules costar.
    Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Anyone who has tracked their daily steps or worn a glucose monitor can testify that self-observation works.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Moreover, self-observation might highlight a leader's tendency to let stress visibly affect their demeanor, inadvertently impacting team morale.
    Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • In the view of Georgie’s daughter, Suke Wolton, who teaches politics at Oxford, her late mother found Foster’s self-absorption a little hard to take.
    Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • But that feckless self-absorption is rerouted, if not extinguished, by a chance sighting of local resident Charlotte (Alison Pill).
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Self-consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-consciousness. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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