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
With SZA as his Greek chorus, he ended the night on a note about how all this relentless work was worth it to arrive at real self-understanding.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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
I have not quite finished as yet the task, deliberation upon which, when it is completed, is to bring me rest and self-understanding.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)
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