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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Breillat’s films depict the lives of women who lack full self-knowledge—who become, for one reason or another, briefly or for extended periods, strangers to themselves.
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Victoria Uren, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
And More All of this hinges on your level of self-knowledge and social-emotional intelligence.
—Colleen Star Koch, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Cultivate Self-Awareness If knowledge is power, self-knowledge is a true superpower.
—Michael Horowitz, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Bill was an extraordinary rarity—a highly productive and widely admired artist who relentlessly pursued self-knowledge, seeking nothing less than an understanding of the fundamental questions of being.
—David A. Ross, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Her characters accumulate self-knowledge but can’t keep it in focus.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
This pathway to sentient AI suggests an intelligence that is propelled by an internal drive for self-knowledge.
—Amandeep Midha, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The second half is a model to put that self-knowledge into action.
—Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
At its core, it is grounded in vulnerability and self-knowledge, particularly an understanding of positionality.
—Esmt Berlin, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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Victoria Uren, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
And More All of this hinges on your level of self-knowledge and social-emotional intelligence.
—Colleen Star Koch, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Cultivate Self-Awareness If knowledge is power, self-knowledge is a true superpower.
—Michael Horowitz, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Bill was an extraordinary rarity—a highly productive and widely admired artist who relentlessly pursued self-knowledge, seeking nothing less than an understanding of the fundamental questions of being.
—David A. Ross, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Her characters accumulate self-knowledge but can’t keep it in focus.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
This pathway to sentient AI suggests an intelligence that is propelled by an internal drive for self-knowledge.
—Amandeep Midha, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The second half is a model to put that self-knowledge into action.
—Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
At its core, it is grounded in vulnerability and self-knowledge, particularly an understanding of positionality.
—Esmt Berlin, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Self-knowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-knowledge. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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