self-understanding

British  

noun

1. the ability to understand one's own actions

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Example Sentences

The very basis of our self-understanding is on the line.

From Los Angeles Times

But Westenberg, who’s a touch too emphatic early on, lends poignancy to the cathartic release that ushers Neil into a new place of self-understanding.

From Los Angeles Times

With SZA as his Greek chorus, he ended the night on a note about how all this relentless work was worth it to arrive at real self-understanding.

From Los Angeles Times

He views astrology, in which he’s been interested for decades, as falling somewhere between “a fun game” and “a beautiful roadmap,” a tool in his quest for self-understanding instead of a religious truth.

From Los Angeles Times

The point of opening the caskets of our forgotten history is to foster the self-understanding necessary to empower the work of creating a future that upholds the democratic creed that “all men are created equal.”

From Salon