self-knowledge

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Recent Examples of self-knowledge This makes self-knowledge not a luxury, but an essential career tool. Dave Winsborough, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Discovering one’s impulses and sources (artistic self-knowledge) is essential for answering these questions. Douglas Unger august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025 These names suggest individual agents with self-knowledge, but that's an illusion created by the conversational interface. ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025 At the same time, White also shows that his view of the world, colored by his sexuality, is a kind of superpower that reveals self-knowledge hidden from most people. John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025 Not only is our ability to know ourselves limited, but scientists can probably only know so much about the nature of self-knowledge. Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 2 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-knowledge
Noun
  • The prosecutor challenged a defense claim that Torres ended the abuse in an act of self-realization.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Per Britannica, Jung's psychoanalytic method focuses on integrating conscious and unconscious aspects of the psyche to achieve personal growth and self-realization.
    Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Also, with Venus lighting up your exotic ninth house of self-discovery, themes of love and romance are suddenly more expansive, reminding you that the possibilities are endless.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Xiaoli integrates detailed feedback from every single date to facilitate ongoing self-discovery and improvement.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In undergoing the complex journey of self-exploration, Panic!
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • This year has been a bit of self-exploration.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Founders have a wide range of personal reasons for making the pivot, from seeking self-fulfillment to meeting a strategic need in their next chapter.
    Nina Ajemian, Fortune, 24 July 2025
  • Turner-Seed’s own writing lays bare a struggle for self-fulfillment, to reconcile the traditional values pushed by her Jewish immigrant parents with a restless need to discover and make her own way.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Michèle comes across as a singular and powerful personality, with something of Akerman’s own trenchant intellect, assertive candor, and vulnerable self-revelation.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
  • We’re introduced to a contented and excited Clémence who seems in the wake of major self-revelation.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Haneline hopes that teachers, students and other parents can use the affirmations in their daily lives to help build confidence and a stronger self-image.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Leaders who equate optimism with strength may filter out negative information to preserve their self-image.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Your reputation and self-concept are on the mend this month.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Now, on September 29th, the First Quarter Moon rises in your sign, illuminating your identity, self-concept, and leadership style.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Afterward, they were asked to rate their self-perception of their skill at Dutch, with the Dutch speakers offering independent observer ratings.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The experience also affected her self-perception.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Self-knowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-knowledge. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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