self-consciousness

See also: selfconsciousness

English

Etymology

From 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
• Bulgarian: самосъзнание (bg) n (samosǎznanie)
• 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 (sv)

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)