self-understanding

noun

1. the ability to understand one's own actions

Example Sentences

The very basis of our self-understanding is on the line.

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But Westenberg, who’s a touch too emphatic early on, lends poignancy to the cathartic release that ushers Neil into a new place of self-understanding.

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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.

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As Jason Stanley puts it, “Authoritarians…erase history… seeking to separate us from our own history to destroy our self-understanding and leave us unmoored, resentful, and confused.”

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He views astrology, in which he’s been interested for decades, as falling somewhere between “a fun game” and “a beautiful roadmap,” a tool in his quest for self-understanding instead of a religious truth.

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