self-awareness

[self-uh-wair-nis]

noun

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

Example Sentences

Roy’s heartbreaking flaw, shared with models like him, is the ability to artificially develop self-awareness.

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"We keep talking about the fact that he's got really good self-awareness and puts everything into perspective," Cahill told BBC Sport at Wimbledon.

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Calculated self-awareness is as necessary to the pop star formula as musical prowess; even more so in the digital age, where even a whiff of ingratitude is grounds for cancellation.

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The medicine dispensed by the governor tastes especially bitter to those who suffer from a lack of self-awareness.

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He’s a natural in roles that require both charisma and a touch of self-awareness, whether he’s solving crimes, commanding a spaceship or enforcing the law.

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