self-awareness
noun
self-aware·ness
ˌself-ə-ˈwer-nəs 
: an awareness of one's own personality or individuality
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Her lack of self-awareness and bad attitude was tough to watch.
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Emma Soren, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
The animal rights group cited affidavits from seven biologists explaining that elephants can experience empathy and self-awareness, as humans do, per Reuters’ Jonathan Stempel.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
This is the ability to manage your own emotions and understand the emotions of others, which involves self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills.
—Melanie Borden, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The Grammy winner also reveals some of what happened to him after the 2022 Oscars and that onstage slap of Chris Rock by Will Smith, the hard choices of juggling multiple products, and some self-awareness lessons learned.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
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Emma Soren, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
The animal rights group cited affidavits from seven biologists explaining that elephants can experience empathy and self-awareness, as humans do, per Reuters’ Jonathan Stempel.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
This is the ability to manage your own emotions and understand the emotions of others, which involves self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills.
—Melanie Borden, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The Grammy winner also reveals some of what happened to him after the 2022 Oscars and that onstage slap of Chris Rock by Will Smith, the hard choices of juggling multiple products, and some self-awareness lessons learned.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Self-awareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-awareness. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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