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 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 ● Oct. 13, 2024
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
One can easily imagine the effect of two such vigorous and intriguing minds upon a youth groping about for self-understanding and self-expression.
From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
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