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self-recognition

noun

Etymology

From self- + recognition.

  1. derived from recognitiōnem
  2. derived from recognicion
  3. inherited from recognicion
  4. prefixed as self-recognition — “self + recognition”

Definitions

  1. The experience of one's own life, personality, etc.

    The experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.

  2. A recognition made chiefly by oneself

    A recognition made chiefly by oneself; an understanding reached by one's own thought and reflection.

    • Graham therefore insisted that sentencers not deprive juvenile non-homicide offenders "of the opportunity to achieve maturity... and self-recognition of human worth and potential" by sentencing them to die in prison.

  3. The process by which the immune system distinguishes the body's own cells, DNA, etc. and…

    The process by which the immune system distinguishes the body's own cells, DNA, etc. and those of a foreign, possibly pathogenic, agent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for self-recognition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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