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self-awareness

American  
[self-uh-wair-nis] / ˌsɛlf əˈwɛər nɪs /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being self-aware.


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A toxic boss, she says, is different as "they deliberately lack both empathy and often self-awareness".

From BBC

And then, in a moment of almost picturesque lack of self-awareness, he added:

From The Wall Street Journal

From stress management to marital counseling to processing trauma, they gain self-awareness and coping skills.

From MarketWatch

Drawing on decades of research across neuroscience, psychology, and clinical science, the authors argue that temperature deserves a central place in the science of bodily self-awareness.

From Science Daily

Wronger things have been uttered with less self-awareness.

From Salon