How to Use self-recognition in a Sentence

self-recognition

noun

• Lent is a time of preparation and self-recognition prior to Easter.
  — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Feb. 2026
• Whether or not dogs have awareness of themselves as an individual and any sort of mirror self-recognition is still up for debate.
  — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
• Happy gained recognition for passing the mirror self-recognition test, a feat that highlighted her advanced self-awareness.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
• The whales only showed self-recognition-like behaviors after being actually marked.
  — Federica Sgorbissa, ArsTechnica, 24 May 2026
• That hint of self-recognition winds up being heartbreaking, giving the film’s drama a certain gravity that almost works against its more old-fashioned pleasures.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
• In this sense, the NSS does not mark a departure in American statecraft so much as a moment of self-recognition.
  — Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
• Melding the human and nonhuman realms becomes an act of self-recognition for Gander, granting a deeper understanding of himself and the setting of his birth.
  — Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
• She is driven by a commitment to creating hopeful, transformative representations of Native life, especially for youth, offering characters and stories that reflect strength, possibility and self-recognition.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
• According to a new study published in PLOS One, both animals show the behavioral hallmarks of mirror self-recognition—a cognitive ability long considered a marker of self-awareness, and one that had never before been documented in beluga whales.
  — Federica Sgorbissa, ArsTechnica, 24 May 2026