self-aware

British  

adjective

1. conscious of one's own feelings, character, etc

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Example Sentences

Mr. Stuart is an outstanding, enthusiastic and refreshingly self-aware scholar.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the audiobook recording of this surprising and intricate story, Ms. Entwistle’s words come across as those of a small person who is confidingly self-aware.

From The Wall Street Journal

They are surprisingly self-aware and, with prompting, willing to trash talk the competition.

From The Wall Street Journal

B.J. irritates the other characters with yet another drum solo, the self-aware jokes about his self-centeredness would land better if “K-Pops!” wasn’t convinced that the audience wants as much of him on-screen as possible.

From Los Angeles Times

The teens were almost precociously self-aware, which admittedly made us roll our eyes at some of the dialogue on occasion.

From BBC

Related Words

• cognizant
• conscious
• mindful