self-awareness
noun
self-aware·ness
ˌself-ə-ˈwer-nəs 
: an awareness of one's own personality or individuality
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Apple’s leadership may be demonstrating a healthy amount of self-awareness and executing a strategy that plays to its strengths.
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Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Doing a magic show without magic gives Open a way of cutting the Gordian knot of the genre’s self-awareness.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 July 2025
Real-Life Vince McMahon Confrontation Taking Accountability During the panel, Cena also showed a moment of self-awareness regarding his own creative past.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Now, this depends on a level of self-awareness that your neighbor may not possess.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
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Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Doing a magic show without magic gives Open a way of cutting the Gordian knot of the genre’s self-awareness.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 July 2025
Real-Life Vince McMahon Confrontation Taking Accountability During the panel, Cena also showed a moment of self-awareness regarding his own creative past.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Now, this depends on a level of self-awareness that your neighbor may not possess.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
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“Self-awareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-awareness. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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