Main Entry: self–con·scious

Pronunciation: \-ˈkän(t)-shəs\

Function: adjective

Date: circa 1680

1 a : conscious of one's own acts or states as belonging to or originating in oneself : aware of oneself as an individual b : intensely aware of oneself : conscious <a rising and self–conscious social class>; also : produced or done with such awareness <self–conscious art>
2 : uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others : ill at ease

— self–con·scious·ly adverb

— self–con·scious·ness noun