self-conscious
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See also: selfconscious
Etymology
Adjective
self-conscious (comparative more self-conscious, superlative most self-conscious)
- Aware of oneself as an individual being.
- Excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
- Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease.
Translations
aware of oneself as an individual being
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excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour
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uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease
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