self-knowledge
noun
self-knowl·edge
ˌself-ˈnä-lij 
: knowledge or understanding of one's own capabilities, character, feelings, or motivations : self-understanding
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This also squares with evolutions within the practice that have turned more toward self-knowledge.
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Apr. 2025
This approach requires deep self-knowledge and institutional research.
—Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
This framing posits the algorithm as a form of alterity, an otherness that aids in self-knowledge.
—Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
In their prejudice against Mahler, which was both racial and musical, the Germans and Austrians at the core of classical tradition had torn out of themselves a vital source of self-knowledge as well as musical glory.
—David Denby, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Technology should augment our self-knowledge, not replace it.
—Lindsey Witmer Collins, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Processing the abuse, Majors says, has led to more self-knowledge about his behavior in relationships.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
These are self-knowledge, adding value, and relationships.
—Cathleen Swody, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
This advancement would offer everyone a convenient and noninvasive way to stay informed and proactively manage their own health, beginning a new era of human self-knowledge.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2025
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Apr. 2025
This approach requires deep self-knowledge and institutional research.
—Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
This framing posits the algorithm as a form of alterity, an otherness that aids in self-knowledge.
—Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
In their prejudice against Mahler, which was both racial and musical, the Germans and Austrians at the core of classical tradition had torn out of themselves a vital source of self-knowledge as well as musical glory.
—David Denby, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Technology should augment our self-knowledge, not replace it.
—Lindsey Witmer Collins, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Processing the abuse, Majors says, has led to more self-knowledge about his behavior in relationships.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
These are self-knowledge, adding value, and relationships.
—Cathleen Swody, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
This advancement would offer everyone a convenient and noninvasive way to stay informed and proactively manage their own health, beginning a new era of human self-knowledge.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Self-knowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-knowledge. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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