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: characterized by self-awareness

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Which is, naturally, the human element at play in this whimsical, self-aware take on the ol’ love-triangle chestnut. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2025 Miranda seems sweet and self-aware. Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025 But self-aware people notice their impact. Jessica Neal, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025 In study after study, Harlow, Gluck, and their colleagues found that their primates were sentient, self-aware, and severely distressed. Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-aware

Word History

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 2 Dec. 2025.

Medical Definition

self-aware

adjective
: characterized by self-awareness
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