self-knowledge
noun
self-knowl·edge
ˌself-ˈnä-lij 
: knowledge or understanding of one's own capabilities, character, feelings, or motivations : self-understanding
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Discovering one’s impulses and sources (artistic self-knowledge) is essential for answering these questions.
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Douglas Unger
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Every experiment, success, and failure builds self-knowledge—the kind no college ranking can offer.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
These names suggest individual agents with self-knowledge, but that's an illusion created by the conversational interface.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
At the same time, White also shows that his view of the world, colored by his sexuality, is a kind of superpower that reveals self-knowledge hidden from most people.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
Not only is our ability to know ourselves limited, but scientists can probably only know so much about the nature of self-knowledge.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 2 June 2025
Singer Billy Kaunda is particularly drawn to existentialist themes such as the value of self-knowledge and conscious choices in how to live.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 1 June 2025
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Douglas Unger
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Every experiment, success, and failure builds self-knowledge—the kind no college ranking can offer.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
These names suggest individual agents with self-knowledge, but that's an illusion created by the conversational interface.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
At the same time, White also shows that his view of the world, colored by his sexuality, is a kind of superpower that reveals self-knowledge hidden from most people.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
Not only is our ability to know ourselves limited, but scientists can probably only know so much about the nature of self-knowledge.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 2 June 2025
Singer Billy Kaunda is particularly drawn to existentialist themes such as the value of self-knowledge and conscious choices in how to live.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 1 June 2025
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“Self-knowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-knowledge. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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