self-knowledge en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌsɛlfˈnɑl.ɪdʒ/ (General-American)
- nŏl′ij (General-American)
- /ˌsɛlfˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English knowledge English self-knowledge From self- + knowledge.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations; self-understanding.
A girl's love is half poetry, an unconscious preference till startled into self-knowledge. Isabella had been grateful for Mr. Glentworth's kindness—struck with his cultivated mind, and impressed with his distinguished appearance; so were all her sisters; but she alone was timid in expressing that admiration; in her alone had they inspired that feeling, which, shy, vague, and tender, is love.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 144:
Translations (17)
hy ինքնաճանաչողություն (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · it autoconoscenza (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · de Selbsterkenntnis (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · ru самопозна́ние (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · nl zelfkennis (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · hi आत्मबोध (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · ca autoconeixement (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · ga féinaithne (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · pl samowiedza (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · gv hene-enney (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · cs sebereflexe (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · hy ինքնաճանաչում (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · sv självkännedom (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · hu önismeret (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · ga féinfhios (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · hi आत्मज्ञान (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations) · cmn 自知之明 (knowledge or insight into one's own character, abilities, feelings, or motivations)