: characterized by self-awareness

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The film is set in a world where an artificially-intelligent defense network known as Skynet has become self-aware and has conquered humanity. Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025 The young quarterback was also very self-aware of his need to improve in 2024. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 Almodóvar-heads are also sure to appreciate the show’s colorful production design and mix of dark comedy and self-aware melodrama. Judy Berman, Time, 30 July 2025 Good managers are self-aware, recognizing when the answers lie outside their own domain. Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 28 July 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 19 Aug. 2025.

Medical Definition

self-aware

adjective
: characterized by self-awareness
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