Word Study
self-confident |
self-congratulatory |
self-conjugate |
self-conscious |
self-consciously |
self-consciousness
| self-considering
| self-consistency
| self-consistent
| self-constituted
| self-consuming
self-consciousness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun self-consciousness has 2 senses
- self-consciousness(n = noun.feeling) uncomfortableness, uneasiness - embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you; Array is a kind of embarrassment
- self-consciousness(n = noun.cognition) Array - self-awareness plus the additional realization that others are similarly aware of you; Array is a kind of self-awareness
Derived form adjective self-conscious2
Derived form adjective self-conscious1
Antonym: unselfconsciousness
CIDE DICTIONARY
self-consciousness, n.
The quality or state of being self-conscious. [1913 Webster]
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