: characterized by self-awareness

Examples of self-aware in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Smart, self-aware, and working on herself, Colette is adorably neurotic, bad with boundaries, and often prioritizes other peoples’ feelings over her own. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024 In the film, Schwarzenegger stars as the title character—aka the T-800—a cyborg from the future who travels back in time to assassinate Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), the mother of a future leader of a war against AI machines who have become self-aware. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024 New, hip, self-aware, self-referential, self, self, self. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2024 The borderline hypocrisy plays as more self-serving than self-aware. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for self-aware 

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Word History

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 2 Oct. 2024.

Medical Definition

self-aware

adjective
: characterized by self-awareness
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