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self-aware

adj

Etymology

From self- + aware.

  1. inherited from *gawar✻
  2. inherited from ġewær
  3. inherited from aware
  4. prefixed as self-aware — “self + aware”

Definitions

  1. Aware of oneself as an individual that exists in the real world.

    • The robot didn't just resemble a human girl: she was self-aware and conscious as well.
    • The time has come. According to the Terminator clock, at 8:11 p.m. Tuesday, Skynet will become self-aware. And humanity will be screwed.

  2. Cognizant of one's appearances, shortcomings, etc.

    • The video is a self-aware parody of the trend.

The neighborhood

Derived

selfawarewolf

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at self-aware. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at self-aware. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at self-aware

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA