Definition of self-aware in English:
self-aware
adjective ˌsɛlfəˈwɛːˌsɛlfəˈwɛr
Having conscious knowledge of one's own character and feelings.
we're self-aware enough to know we're making mistakes
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a good self-aware laugh for the premiere audience, for which the joke was obviously conceived.
- They leave Henry's story blithely messy, the product of a man who is only barely self-aware.
- He offers a fully rounded characterization of a sensitive, self-aware being who just happens to be a lower primate.
- The kids are remarkably self-aware, often funny, sometimes quite touching in their support for one another.
- The band has a tight grip on melody, mixing dreamy guitar work with crashing drums and painfully self-aware lyrics.
- Released in 1996, it was a postmodern, self-aware horror movie.
- He's wiser by the end—a bit more self-aware, a bit more regretful.
- The situation is handled with matter-of-factness, not self-aware cuteness.
- The novel proper features a compulsively wisecracking, self-aware narrator.
- She brings strength and warmth and grace to what could have been a treacly, self-aware, melancholy role.
Definition of self-aware in US English:
self-aware
adjectiveˌselfəˈwerˌsɛlfəˈwɛr
Having conscious knowledge of one's own character and feelings.
we're self-aware enough to know we're making mistakes
Example sentencesExamples
- The kids are remarkably self-aware, often funny, sometimes quite touching in their support for one another.
- It's a good self-aware laugh for the premiere audience, for which the joke was obviously conceived.
- The novel proper features a compulsively wisecracking, self-aware narrator.
- The band has a tight grip on melody, mixing dreamy guitar work with crashing drums and painfully self-aware lyrics.
- Released in 1996, it was a postmodern, self-aware horror movie.
- He's wiser by the end—a bit more self-aware, a bit more regretful.
- They leave Henry's story blithely messy, the product of a man who is only barely self-aware.
- She brings strength and warmth and grace to what could have been a treacly, self-aware, melancholy role.
- The situation is handled with matter-of-factness, not self-aware cuteness.
- He offers a fully rounded characterization of a sensitive, self-aware being who just happens to be a lower primate.