self-awareness.

Awareness of one’s own thoughts, feelings, behavior or limitations.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• emotional self-awareness
• develop self-awareness

On the page

His self-awareness increased when he recognized how resentment shaped his reading of the letter.

Greater self-awareness did not immediately change the habit, but it made the pattern harder to ignore.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / character / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: characterization, motivation, interpersonal behavior, self-evaluation. Disciplines: psychology, human behavior, character writing. Commonness: moderately common.