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
The very basis of our self-understanding is on the line.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 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
Sunrise, and flowing stream, and tossing seas are valuable as associates of the soul and helping it to self-understanding.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)
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