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self-awareness

noun

Etymology

From self- + awareness. Also equivalent to self-aware + -ness, though attested earlier.

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

Definitions

  1. The state or property of being self-aware

    The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.

  2. A personal trait regarding someone's ability to persistently and accurately perceive…

    A personal trait regarding someone's ability to persistently and accurately perceive their presence amongst other people, and their own knowledge and abilities.

    • As with any good relationship, readers who have experience with ENM say self-awareness and communication are key to keeping things harmonious.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

8 hops · closes at self-awareness

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