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Recent Examples of self-knowledge
Costume designers and Reid reinvent Lestat’s look with punk, goth and 18th century flourishes as the series explores his hunger for validation and self-knowledge rather than simple, fleeting fame.
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Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
The most useful starting point is self-knowledge.
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Bill Koch,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Now even casual drinkers seem to be on a journey of sorts—if not toward sobriety, then toward some kind of self-knowledge.
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Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
The link between self-knowledge and friendship was key for Aristotle, too, more than 2,000 years ago.
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Ross Channing Reed,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
His appetite for self-knowledge is insatiable.
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Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Grosz aims merely to listen long and well and constructively enough to help his patients gain deeper self-knowledge.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
18 Mar. 2026
Their support, combined with all the self-knowledge she's gained has been invaluable.
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Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2026
The multi-day hike proved to be a pathway to greater self-knowledge.
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Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Nov. 2025
Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
The most useful starting point is self-knowledge.
—
Bill Koch,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Now even casual drinkers seem to be on a journey of sorts—if not toward sobriety, then toward some kind of self-knowledge.
—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
The link between self-knowledge and friendship was key for Aristotle, too, more than 2,000 years ago.
—
Ross Channing Reed,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
His appetite for self-knowledge is insatiable.
—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Grosz aims merely to listen long and well and constructively enough to help his patients gain deeper self-knowledge.
—
The Week Us,
TheWeek,
18 Mar. 2026
Their support, combined with all the self-knowledge she's gained has been invaluable.
—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2026
The multi-day hike proved to be a pathway to greater self-knowledge.
—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-knowledge
- self-realization
- self-discovery
- self-actualization
- self-exploration
- self-fulfillment
- self-revelation
- self-image
- self-concept
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Post vague quotes about self-realization that are universal but ultimately mean nothing.
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His experiment in self-realization put him in a long line of spiritual seekers, and like innumerable young persons in every generation, he was actively engaged in evolving a design for living, drawing from sources near to and farther from home.
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That’s not to say nothing happens — Cyd (an excellent Jessie Pinnick) romances a nonbinary barista and bonds with her writer aunt — but the events take second fiddle to the 16-year-old’s exhilaratingly ordinary journey of self-discovery.
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Perhaps Pryor was looking in all the wrong places on her quest to self-discovery and the ultimate understanding of all things n-word.
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That spirit was palpable in Demna’s debut show at Gucci, where self-concept and self-actualization seemed to come alive in a way that almost laughed at itself.
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The adaptation stars Ella Bruccoleri as the eponymous Mary, who goes on a voyage of self-actualization in London.
Noun
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That self-neglect resulted in a health challenge, which eventually led to Godfred reconnecting with her passion for poetry and self-exploration.
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After a whole lot of angst and self-exploration.
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But this is a Norman Lear comedy after all (his last before passing in late 2023) — so by the end of the first episode, the hilarious sitcom has revealed its true interest in acceptance, forgiveness, and self-fulfillment.
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And increasingly, women are choosing solitude and self-fulfillment over unsatisfying relationships.
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But the self-revelation held me back.
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There are indeed threads of entertainment, insight, and self-revelation on our own life miscues resonant in the show.
Noun
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The model shared a video of herself posing in a red bra and matching underwear as part of a video reflecting on her relationship with her body and self-image.
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The portrait of America as an imperial power cuts against its self-image as a righteous cradle of democracy.
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These can all hurt a woman’s self-concept, which shapes identity, self-image and self-esteem.
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That spirit was palpable in Demna’s debut show at Gucci, where self-concept and self-actualization seemed to come alive in a way that almost laughed at itself.
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“Self-knowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-knowledge. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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