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Recent Examples of self-consciousness
Though Tyson’s appearance is subject to ridicule and even self-consciousness on his part, his character far outshines his physical appearance.
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 8 Dec. 2025
In practice, the moral circle of beings whose interests matter is drawn not around self-consciousness but around species membership.
—Monika Piotrowska, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
But with my brother, I could just be completely invested and not have self-consciousness about how the performance was.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 17 Nov. 2025
Jaspers saw history as a process of emerging human self-consciousness, leading humans to recognize their belonging to humankind.
—Big Think, 16 Nov. 2025
Throw self-consciousness out the window.
—Tara Platt, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
Lawrence is liberated from anything resembling propriety or self-consciousness here.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Everything is without self-consciousness, and adapts and adapts, and just is.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
At the same time, invisibility has come as a relief, insofar as my vanity always kept company with self-consciousness and self-flagellation.
—Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 8 Dec. 2025
In practice, the moral circle of beings whose interests matter is drawn not around self-consciousness but around species membership.
—Monika Piotrowska, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
But with my brother, I could just be completely invested and not have self-consciousness about how the performance was.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 17 Nov. 2025
Jaspers saw history as a process of emerging human self-consciousness, leading humans to recognize their belonging to humankind.
—Big Think, 16 Nov. 2025
Throw self-consciousness out the window.
—Tara Platt, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
Lawrence is liberated from anything resembling propriety or self-consciousness here.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Everything is without self-consciousness, and adapts and adapts, and just is.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
At the same time, invisibility has come as a relief, insofar as my vanity always kept company with self-consciousness and self-flagellation.
—Lucinda Rosenfeld, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-consciousness
- self-awareness
- self-recognition
- self-analysis
- introspection
- self-reflection
- self-observation
- self-absorption
Noun
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Songcraft is still their priority, and their moments of indulgence are not without self-awareness or criticism.—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
30 Jan. 2026
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This communicates self-awareness, honesty, and long-term reliability.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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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
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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,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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With a mind engaged in varied tasks, the time dedicated to art becomes sharper, less prone to the debilitating self-analysis that can derail artistic momentum.—
Kice Akkawi,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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Mills, a longtime associate of Fiona Apple, knows this territory well: the pointed self-analysis of an extremely sensitive person.—
Jenn Pelly,
Time,
7 June 2025
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Niazi appears uninterested in asserting her voice on the page, a lack of literary care that seems connected to her tendency—odd in a memoir—to nudge away from introspection.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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The effect demands a more active degree of introspection than the average documentary, and Marczak’s unwavering commitment to that endurance test approach has a powerful way of messing with viewer expectations.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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This is why assessments that encourage self-reflection can be useful — not as diagnoses, but as mirrors.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Some writers with Murphy’s body of work, then, would see a show like The Beauty as an opportunity for self-reflection and self-critique, but this has never been the thing that Ryan Murphy does best.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There are three invitations leaders can offer their direct reports: Play with the technology as a tool for self-observation.—
Michael Hudson,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Anyone who has tracked their daily steps or worn a glucose monitor can testify that self-observation works.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes,
7 Oct. 2024
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While not downright horrible, that audience-exit polling indicates a certain polarization — specifically around the film’s sentimental ending and Marty’s world-beating, all-encompassing self-absorption.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
29 Dec. 2025
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Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas play sisters, raised in a sprawling yet cozy house that has been in the family for years; when their mother dies, they’re forced to reckon with the selfishness and self-absorption of their long estranged filmmaker father (Stellan Skarsgård).—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Self-consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-consciousness. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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