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Recent Examples of self-knowledge
The brain has always been central to the most insightful thinking on warfare, whether that’s ancient China’s Sun Tzu, who prized deception and self-knowledge, or early 19th-century Prussia’s Carl von Clausewitz, for whom war was a clash of wills.
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Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
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
Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
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
- self-realization
- self-discovery
- self-exploration
- self-fulfillment
- self-revelation
- self-image
- self-concept
- self-perception
Noun
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The prosecutor challenged a defense claim that Torres ended the abuse in an act of self-realization.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025
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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
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Wilderness therapy often involves backpacking, camping and other outdoor experiences, aiming to foster self-discovery.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Oct. 2025
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For the latest installment of Billboard Book Club, the trio behind Podcrushed — a podcast launched in 2022 to explore the awkwardness and heartbreak that defines adolescence — will talk about their Crushmore book, which continues the journey to unpack the importance of middle school self-discovery.—
Billboard Staff,
Billboard,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In undergoing the complex journey of self-exploration, Panic!—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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This year has been a bit of self-exploration.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Aug. 2025
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And increasingly, women are choosing solitude and self-fulfillment over unsatisfying relationships.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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Outside of the usual social structures, self-revelation can occur being two islands on opposite sides of the world.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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These self-image issues still stick with her today.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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Still, her self-image as a not-quite actress—a conscientious objector in the age of the influencer—had stuck around.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Your reputation and self-concept are on the mend this month.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
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The designer said spring 2026 was about the complex interplay between self-perception and the gaze of others on femininity.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Self-knowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-knowledge. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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