: characterized by self-awareness

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Some want clarity, some want accountability, some want to test how self-aware the finalists really are. Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025 Paul got emotional after seeing the list, and gave a short speech that was alarmingly self-aware. Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025 This is one group of items where being self-aware will pay off. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025 Worthy of the Event reads like a conversation with one of your smartest, most self-aware friends. Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025 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 18 Dec. 2025.

Medical Definition

self-aware

adjective
: characterized by self-awareness
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