: characterized by self-awareness

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In this wholly original, self-aware cinematic work, a filmmaker chews over what might have been and playfully probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025 Life, and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo—as opposed to the self-aware, rich-lady docusoaps in the Bravo stable—the erstwhile Learning Channel has cast Baldwin as the patriarch in one of its many shows that gawk at big families. Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025 One of the first season’s best and most self-aware gags had Michaels appearing on camera in an attempt to get the Beatles to reunite on the show for the whopping sum of $3,000. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2025 But being self-aware and reflective is so important for getting better and growing. Eleanor Hawkins, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025 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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-aware. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

Medical Definition

self-aware

adjective
: characterized by self-awareness
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