self-understanding
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Cameron Berg misunderstands the Catholic Church’s contribution to humanity’s self-understanding in his op-ed “Will the Pope Owe an Apology to AI?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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
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
That Harry Potter’s journey toward self-understanding echoes the experience of so many trans individuals may explain the widespread sentiment that Rowling has now betrayed her readers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Life was driving at brains—at its darling object: an organ by which it can attain not only self-consciousness but self-understanding.
From Man and Superman by Bernard Shaw
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