self-aware
Britishadjective
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Anyone who insists they are too self-aware to be pulled into something that goes against their own interests is admitting that they don’t know themselves or humanity very well.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Their maleficent Ronettes angle was funny and self-aware, but utterly sincere about the true promise of Satanism — autonomy, knowledge, freedom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
In person, though, he’s funny, laid back and really charming, with a self-deprecating, self-aware sense of humor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Bill Pay itself was extremely meta and self-aware, a post-postmodern pageant that would have given David Foster Wallace an aneurysm.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
It was engagingly well-written, with a sense of irony and a nearly wicked wit, and it was strikingly self-aware for a nineteen year old.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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