SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS Synonyms: 31 Similar Words

self-consciousness

noun

as in self-awareness

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Recent Examples of self-consciousness Steepness, for example, may trigger doubt or self-consciousness. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 For people who aren’t used to dining alone, asking for a table for one can come with some self-consciousness. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 The problem conversation left more activity in a stress response region, an area linked to self-consciousness. — Catherine Bell, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The farther from self-consciousness, from self-mastery, the closer to God. — Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026 One of the most striking aspects of the novel is its characters’ profound self-consciousness about the place of the gangster in American culture. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Ordering a drink can mark the start of a night out, signal relaxation or ease self-consciousness around other people. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026 The film begins with the religious question of whether young Ilyas is allowed to shave the bristles on his upper lip, leading to a consistent self-consciousness, which appears (and re-appears) as Ilyas imagining extreme close-ups of hair and skin. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 That’s the opposite of collective uniformity, where you’re so overcome by self-consciousness and insecurity. — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 1 July 2026

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Noun

Leaders with high self-awareness, meaning those whose self-assessment closely matched how others experienced them, consistently delivered stronger team and organizational outcomes.

— Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
With case rates climbing in that age bracket, self-awareness is the frontline tool.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of self-awareness

Noun

Happy gained recognition for passing the mirror self-recognition test, a feat that highlighted her advanced self-awareness.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of self-recognition

Noun

This keeps the performance informal and keeps the narrative — a staggering odyssey of injustices, abuses, travel adventures, extraordinary coincidences, losses, reunions, reflections and self-analysis — from becoming sensationalized.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Do the harder work first, a real self-analysis to find where the breakdown actually happened.

— John Speranza, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of self-analysis

Noun

Now, after over a century of studying introspection in humans and animals, researchers are beginning to explore the phenomenon in unlikely new subjects — large language models.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
On the other, Anthropic has argued that its AI model, Claude, has shown signs of introspection, internal states that mirror joy or satisfaction, and processing information similar to the human mind.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of introspection

Noun

After scoring 43 points on 17-of-25 shooting in last week’s win over Golden State, Booker was asked whether that self-reflection drove his performance.

— Doug Haller, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Later in life, Schwam created Humanity 101, an initiative of Arizona State University’s Project Humanities, promoting the values of compassion, empathy, forgiveness, integrity, kindness, respect and self-reflection.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of self-reflection

Noun

Love contains the seeds of its own destruction—the cruelty and self-absorption that turns the afflicted against one another, and themselves.

— Merve Emre, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
The action cuts back and forth from Anna and Alice in Rome, the latter still deeply resentful and convinced the whole elaborate story is just some morbid fantasy hatched out of her mother’s self-absorption.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of self-absorption

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