: characterized by self-awareness

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This time, however, the mood is lighter—and intentionally self-aware. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025 Each of its first two seasons opens with multiple—some might say too many—episodes reenacting the central crimes with a level of self-aware salaciousness that makes the typical TV-MA docudrama look like children’s programming. Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025 Where Campbell’s moment captured the danger of fashion, Hilton’s reimagining celebrates its endurance — the idea that style history can be playful, self-aware and towering in every sense. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2025 All relationships offer a chance for people to grow and become more self-aware. Dr. Tracy Dalgleish, CNBC, 3 Oct. 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 Oct. 2025.

Medical Definition

self-aware

adjective
: characterized by self-awareness
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