self-aware

adjective

ˌself-ə-ˈwer How to pronounce self-aware (audio)
: characterized by self-awareness

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Newcomer Mia Tharia’s Josie is a sickly genius who’s invariably kind to Klara and precociously self-aware in the vein of YA teen heroes everywhere. — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026 The film’s pick-me jabs at humor are frankly, flatly unfunny and grating, twisting the film at times into a perverse, almost self-aware treatise on tweeness. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026 The resulting songs are refreshingly straightforward, and self-aware about it. — Samuel Hyland, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026 Much has been made of Winter’s idiosyncratic star power, and as an extremely tall, wet-dog-handsome instrumental virtuoso with a one-of-a-kind voice and just enough self-aware wit and lacerating lyricism to keep it relatable, that’s indisputable. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for self-aware

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First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of self-aware was in 1924

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self-aware

adjective
-ə-ˈwe(ə)r How to pronounce self-aware (audio)
: characterized by self-awareness
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