self-understanding
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As Artie pursues a haphazard path toward better self-understanding, Ms. Strout deploys the fictional strategies that have made her novels feel as if they are about more than ordinary subjects.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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
Had Peter possessed any self-understanding, he must have wondered why his Lord gave him that name.
From Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. by Howe, Reuel L.
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