self-understanding
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Rebecca Newberger Goldstein’s “The Mattering Instinct” is an attempt to place human self-understanding on a new footing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
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 • Jul. 11, 2025
The story of identity formation is deeply personal, based on the sedimentation of experience, self-understanding, and the ascriptions of others.
From Slate • Jul. 5, 2023
Simply put: The deliberate forgetting of America’s history plays a crucial role in the self-understanding of White Americans.
From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023
I have not quite finished as yet the task, deliberation upon which, when it is completed, is to bring me rest and self-understanding.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)
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