self-consciousness

self-consciousness

See also: selfconsciousness

English

Etymology

self- +‎ consciousness

Noun

self-consciousness (uncountable)

1. The awareness of the self as an entity.
   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 165:

     [A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousness — that is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of the Self-centred attitude in human thought and action.

2. Shyness; a feeling of unease in social situations.

Synonyms

• (shyness): shyness

Translations

awareness of the self as an entity

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: minätietoisuus French: conscience de soi (fr) f German: Selbstbewusstsein (de) n Greek: Ancient Greek: συναίσθησις f (sunaísthēsis) Italian: autocoscienza f Japanese: 自己意識 (じこいしき, jiko ishiki) Korean: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: самосвест f (samosvest) Polish: samoświadomość (pl) f Russian: самосозна́ние (ru) n (samosoznánije), самоосмысле́ние n (samoosmyslénije) Spanish: autoconsciente Swedish: självmedvetenhet

shyness

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ujous (fi), arkuus (fi) French: timidité (fr) f German: Befangenheit (de) f, Gehemmtheit f, Verlegenheit (de) f Italian: impaccio (it) m Japanese: 自己意識 (じこいしき, jiko ishiki) Korean: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: трема f (trema) Polish: nieśmiałość (pl) f, zakłopotanie (pl) n Russian: засте́нчивость (ru) f (zasténčivostʹ) Spanish: timidez (es) f, inseguridad (es) f Swedish: förlägenhet (sv)