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Noun: self-consciousness  self 'kón-shus-nus
  1. Embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
    - uneasiness, uncomfortableness
     
  2. Self-awareness plus the additional realization that others are similarly aware of you

Derived forms: self-consciousnesses

See also: self-conscious

Type of: embarrassment, self-awareness

Antonym: unselfconsciousness

Encyclopedia: Self-consciousness

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self-congratulatory
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self-consciousness
self-consistent
self-constituted
self-contained
self-contemplation
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self-contradiction
self-contradictory
self-control
self-controlled
self-criticism