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self-awareness

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

awareness of your own individuality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

Narrower terms: orientation, self-consciousness

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَعْي بِالذَّات (waʕy bi-ḏ-ḏāt) — state of being self-aware
  • Bashkir: үҙаң (üźañ) — state of being self-aware
  • Catalan: autognòsia — state of being self-aware
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自我意識 /自我意识 (zìwǒ yìshi) — state of being self-aware
  • Estonian: eneseteadvus — state of being self-aware
  • Finnish: itsetajunta — state of being self-aware
  • Finnish: itsetietoisuus — state of being self-aware
  • Finnish: tietoisuus itsestä — state of being self-aware
  • French: conscience de soi — state of being self-aware
  • German: Selbstbewusstsein — state of being self-aware
  • Greek: αυτοσυνείδηση (aftosyneídisi) — state of being self-aware
  • Hungarian: öntudat — state of being self-aware
  • Hungarian: öntudatosság — state of being self-aware
  • Irish: féinfheasacht — state of being self-aware
  • Irish: féinfhios — state of being self-aware
  • Italian: autocoscienza — state of being self-aware
  • Italian: autognosia — state of being self-aware
  • Italian: autoconsapevolezza — state of being self-aware
  • Japanese: 自己認識 (jikoninshiki) — state of being self-aware
  • Latvian: apzinātība — state of being self-aware
  • Macedonian: самосвест (samosvest) — state of being self-aware
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selvoppfatning — state of being self-aware
  • Polish: samoświadomość — state of being self-aware
  • Portuguese: autoconsciência — state of being self-aware
  • Portuguese: autoconhecimento — state of being self-aware
  • Portuguese: autognose — state of being self-aware
  • Russian: самосозна́ние (samosoznánije) — state of being self-aware
  • Spanish: autognosis — state of being self-aware
  • Spanish: autoconsciencia — state of being self-aware
  • Swedish: självkännedom — state of being self-aware
  • Swedish: självförnimmelse — state of being self-aware
  • Swedish: självinsikt — state of being self-aware
  • Ukrainian: самосвідо́мість (samosvidómistʹ) — state of being self-aware