self-consciousness
Example Sentences
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For many, human beings have self-consciousness and language, which elevates Homo sapiens.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
The simplicity of the Shaker objects exerts a power that is, at best, difficult to discern in the self-consciousness of most of the show’s recent pieces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
He listens to self-help tapes and goes out with coworkers for karaoke, where he belts out Atomic Kitten’s girl-group smash “Whole Again” without a trace of irony or self-consciousness.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
In personal communications, I began to experience a newfound self-consciousness.
From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025
He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint and could look at each of them in turn.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
