self-knowledge

[ self-nol-ij, self- ]

noun

1. knowledge or understanding of oneself, one's character, abilities, motives, etc.

self-knowledge

noun

1. knowledge of one's own character, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-knowledge¹

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

How deeply insulting to the true struggle for self-knowledge and self-repair.

From The Daily Beast

Marty was cool because he took his hideousness and, with a brilliant wit and oodles of self-knowledge, he flaunted it.

From The Daily Beast

Self-knowledge helps us investigate; willful denial impedes investigation.

From The Daily Beast

When guided by the sure hand of love and complete trust, self-knowledge could be a shining weapon.

From Project Gutenberg

Is it not a truth that even when we know what is required of us to be good, that self-knowledge is a dead letter to us?

From Project Gutenberg

There was not one nook or cranny into which that ruthless self-knowledge could not throw its cruel glare.

From Project Gutenberg

I might go on to illustrate the application of this truth to self-knowledge, but it is one easily made, by each for himself.

From Project Gutenberg

Here, too, the humanity of the man showed itself, as well as the weakest points in his self-knowledge and reasoning.

From Project Gutenberg