: characterized by self-awareness

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Yes, Max will revert to its previous name starting this summer, and at least the powers that be are having some self-aware fun at this latest move. Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 May 2025 The film is a continuation of 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, where Ethan and his Impossible Mission Force team members attempt to stop The Entity — a self-aware artificial intelligence program — from destroying the world. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 In that sense, the central relationship suits the show’s nostalgic mood, which is self-aware but not annoyingly so. Judy Berman, Time, 12 May 2025 While the trailer isn’t outrightly funny, the marketing around the film suggests a more light-hearted, if not self-aware, approach to the material. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-aware

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First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of self-aware was in 1924

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“Self-aware.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-aware. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

Medical Definition

self-aware

adjective
: characterized by self-awareness
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