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 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
Self-acceptance won’t be easy, but it will first require self-understanding.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 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
Paul did not dare to say how warm a welcome he accorded to this suggestion, but it was dangerously sweet to him, and he had self-understanding enough to recognise that fact.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
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