adj
Meaning 1
Aware of oneself as an individual being.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
self-conscious
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adj
Meaning 2
Excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
excessively and uncomfortably conscious of your appearance or behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- self-conscious teenagers
- wondered if she could ever be untidy without feeling self-conscious about it
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts- D.M.Potter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- self-conscious awareness
- self-conscious about their roles as guardians of the social values
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-aware
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English conscious English self-conscious From self- + conscious.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: самосъзнаващ се (samosǎznavašt se) — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Dutch: zelfbewust — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Finnish: itsetietoinen — aware of oneself as an individual being
- French: introspectif — aware of oneself as an individual being
- German: selbstbewusst — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Hebrew: נבוך (navoh) — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Icelandic: sjálf meðvitaður — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Irish: féin-chomhfhiosach — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Italian: autocosciente — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Japanese: 自己意識 (jiko ishiki) — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Norwegian Bokmål: selvbevisst — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Polish: samoświadomy — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Portuguese: autoconsciente — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Russian: стеснительный (stesnitelnyi) — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Spanish: autoconsciente — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Spanish: sentido del ridículo — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Swedish: självmedveten — aware of oneself as an individual being
- Finnish: omahyväinen — excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour
- Finnish: liian itsetietoinen — excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour
- German: zu selbstbewusst sein — excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour
- Polish: zakompleksiony — excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour
- Russian: закомплексованный (zakompleksovannyi) — excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour
- Czech: sociálně nejistý — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- Dutch: onzeker — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- Finnish: hämillinen — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- Finnish: estoinen — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- Finnish: vaivaantunut — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- German: unbehaglich — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- German: verlegen — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- German: befangen — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- German: gehemmt — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- German: verunsichert — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- Hungarian: félénk — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- Hungarian: gátlásos — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- Japanese: 自己意識 (jiko ishiki) — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- Norwegian Bokmål: selvbevisst — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- Norwegian Bokmål: hemmet — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- Spanish: cohibido — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
- Spanish: inseguro — uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease