Definition of self-conscious
1 a
:conscious of one's own acts or states as belonging to or originating in oneself :aware of oneself as an individual
b
:intensely aware of oneself :conscious
- a rising and self-conscious social class
- self-conscious art
2
:uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others :ill at ease
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self-consciously
adverb
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