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Selbstbewusstsein — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • self-awareness noun Accurate knowledge of your own character, feelings, motives and effect on other people.
  • swagger verb To walk or behave with a bold, confident, slightly showy manner.

Senses

Selbstbewusstsein is used for these senses in English:

  • self-awareness The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.
  • self-consciousness The awareness of the self as an entity.
  • swagger Confidence, pride.

self-awareness — full definition

  1. noun Accurate knowledge of your own character, feelings, motives and effect on other people.
  2. noun In psychology and philosophy, the capacity of a being to recognise itself as an individual distinct from its environment and from others.

swagger — full definition

  1. verb To walk or behave with a bold, confident, slightly showy manner.
  2. verb To boast or brag loudly.
  3. noun A confident, showy way of walking or carrying oneself.

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