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 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
Unfortunately, the last section of “The Age of Guilt,” titled “Embrace the Ideals,” takes a very odd turn away from the Freudian effort at increased freedom through deeper, if incomplete, self-understanding.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023
One can easily imagine the effect of two such vigorous and intriguing minds upon a youth groping about for self-understanding and self-expression.
From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
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