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Recent Examples of self-consciousness
Additionally, the skin rashes that often accompany this disease can lead to feelings of embarrassment and self-consciousness.
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Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 27 Aug. 2025
In a society where a bright, full smile is synonymous with youth, health, and attractiveness, changes to oral appearance can trigger significant anxiety and self-consciousness.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 27 Aug. 2025
In a society where a bright, full smile is synonymous with youth, health, and attractiveness, changes to oral appearance can trigger significant anxiety and self-consciousness.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-consciousness
- self-awareness
- self-recognition
- self-analysis
- introspection
- self-reflection
- self-observation
- self-absorption
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Explore philosophies that will give you a better self-awareness and get you closer to the true meaning of your life.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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That self-awareness shows up in the relationship as authenticity.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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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
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Like any literary work, the individual critical voice finds its echoes in the world at large, in readers’ self-recognition, in a sense of community.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
24 July 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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Barker shows him no mercy for his actions, but leaves the door open to darker introspection.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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Full of big, shouty drill sergeants, lovable characters and deep introspection, the series is earnest and refreshing.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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As with many things in life, self-reflection can be a tremendous help in mitigating worry, fear, pressure, anxiety, and stress.—
Harry Kraemer,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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An effort by the College Board to reemphasize the benefits of deep reading — for critical thinking, for self-reflection, for learning of all kinds — might go a long way toward restoring some balance.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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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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Maybe the symptoms of his cognitive decline are inextricable from what seemed to you to be his general self-absorption and thoughtlessness.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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Frost’s well is a modern version of Narcissus’ pool, and his poem is a meditation on self-absorption and its limits.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Self-consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-consciousness. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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