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self-conscious

[self-kon-shuhs, self-] / ˈsɛlfˈkɒn ʃəs, ˌsɛlf- /


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“It makes you feel self-conscious and like you have to hide while eating,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“Marching in protests always made me feel self-conscious and out of place,” he writes, “like a bad extra in a movie, playing an assigned role.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Would I emerge kinder, more resilient—or plagued with unexpected self-consciousness about one of the few areas of my life for which I haven’t felt self-conscious?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

I also feel very self-conscious whenever I chat to George when no-one else is around as I'm acutely aware that it's just me speaking aloud in an empty room to a chatbot.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

He never wants to make an actor self-conscious or cautious.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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