: characterized by self-awareness

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Invest Mental Bandwidth And Emotional Energy Intention and attention are two keywords that could enable leaders to be self-aware. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 The premiere episode’s cold open is brisk, efficient, and witty, introducing us to the victim and killer of the week and deploying Elsbeth and Kaya to furnish an amusing, self-aware recap of last season. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024 Building Self-Awareness Is Your Greatest Journey Becoming more self-aware doesn’t only benefit your organization. Svetlana Dimovski, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 Berger mounts whispered conversations in shadowy hallways, deploys slow-motion sequences backed up by an operatic score, and builds striking tableaus of cardinals warily eyeing one another—elements that are then deliberately paired with hammy, self-aware dialogue. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for self-aware 

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of self-aware was in 1924

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“Self-aware.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-aware. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

self-aware

adjective
: characterized by self-awareness
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