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Recent Examples of self-consciousness
For the people listening, Cum Town could feel like a transmission from a more lawless internet, where the jokes moved faster than the self-consciousness around them.
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Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
Each one is like a Russian nesting doll of political self-consciousness, one kernel of meaning hidden inside the next.
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Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Some of those Calarco spoke with were drawn toward communities, such as conservative mom groups and evangelical churches, that assuaged some of that lonely self-consciousness.
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Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
There’s no crippling self-consciousness.
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Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
The shame and self-consciousness of visible shaking can lead people to withdraw from the meals, gatherings, and small daily rituals that anchor a social life.
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Angela Haupt,
Time,
7 May 2026
So self-consciousness of adolescence made life on the set excruciating for me.
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Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
That initial wave of self-consciousness?
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Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026
The style choices of the royal bride-to-be show a certain self-consciousness that elevates classic dressing with additional meaning.
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Giorgia Olivieri,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
Each one is like a Russian nesting doll of political self-consciousness, one kernel of meaning hidden inside the next.
—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Some of those Calarco spoke with were drawn toward communities, such as conservative mom groups and evangelical churches, that assuaged some of that lonely self-consciousness.
—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
There’s no crippling self-consciousness.
—
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
The shame and self-consciousness of visible shaking can lead people to withdraw from the meals, gatherings, and small daily rituals that anchor a social life.
—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
7 May 2026
So self-consciousness of adolescence made life on the set excruciating for me.
—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
That initial wave of self-consciousness?
—
Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026
The style choices of the royal bride-to-be show a certain self-consciousness that elevates classic dressing with additional meaning.
—
Giorgia Olivieri,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-consciousness
- self-awareness
- self-recognition
- self-analysis
- introspection
- self-reflection
- self-observation
- self-absorption
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First, cultivate self-awareness to recognize personal triggers and manage reactions.
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Winning with some self-awareness cures even more.
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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.
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Research from Frontiers in Neurology and Neuroscience links susceptibility to contagious yawning with theory of mind, self-recognition and activation of brain regions associated with social cognition and empathy.
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For aspiring owners, self-analysis of one’s personality, financial status, goals and life experiences should become the foundation for future choices.
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Bait, the new Prime Video miniseries Ahmed created, wrote, and stars in, is both an exercise in self-analysis and an interrogation of it, a breakneck romp through farce, satire, thriller, family drama, and romantic walk-and-talk that transforms itself in each of its six episodes.
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That’s why introspection and self-knowledge are at the core of every spiritual and philosophical tradition—the drive not just to know the world but to know ourselves, with each layer of self-knowledge unlocking a deeper one.
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Your desire for solitude and introspection is strong during today’s Scorpio moon.
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Andy Sachs exemplifies an adaptive optimist, challenging norms and fostering open environments through self-reflection and curiosity.
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That friction is an opportunity for self-reflection.
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The purpose of this exercise is not to match your paradigm perfectly but to give you a thematic lens for self-observation.
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There are three invitations leaders can offer their direct reports: Play with the technology as a tool for self-observation.
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Those sorts of unexpected shifts are what make Vile’s brand of self-absorption so uniquely absorbing after all these years, even as Philadelphia leans into his familiar formula of ’70s-Neil ditch-digging filtered through ’80s-Springsteen production and stretched across ’90s-CD sprawl.
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The depth of her ambition was hard to reach, as was her self-absorption.
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“Self-consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-consciousness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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