self-aware

adjective

ˌself-ə-ˈwer How to pronounce self-aware (audio)
: characterized by self-awareness

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Accountability, resilience, and a willingness to learn are all trademarks of a self-aware and high-performing employee. — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Broad Strokes is less insistently self-aware than other entries in this catalogue, though the same currents are at play within it. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 July 2026 The theorists instructed that no single person, institution, or government can fully control the narrative about our world; language is far too unstable, self-aware, and contradictory for that. — Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026 Those films begin with a self-aware military computer network that views humanity as a threat. — ABC News, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for self-aware

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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

adjective
-ə-ˈwe(ə)r How to pronounce self-aware (audio)
: characterized by self-awareness
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