self-knowledge

English

Etymology

self- +‎ knowledge

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlfˌnɒl.ɪdʒ/
• (General American) enPR: nŏl′ij, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlfˌnɑl.ɪdʒ/

Noun

self-knowledge (uncountable)

1. Knowledge or insight into one's own nature and abilities.
   • 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:

     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.

Translations

knowledge or insight into one's own nature and abilities

• Armenian: ինքնաճանաչում (hy) (inkʿnačanačʿum), ինքնաճանաչողություն (hy) (inkʿnačanačʿoġutʿyun)
• Catalan: autoconeixement m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自知之明 (zh) (zìzhīzhīmíng)

• Czech: sebereflexe f
• Dutch: zelfkennis (nl) f
• German: Selbsterkenntnis (de) f
• Hungarian: önismeret (hu)
• Irish: féinaithne f, féinfhios m
• Italian: autoconoscenza f
• Manx: hene-enney f
• Polish: samowiedza f
• Russian: самопозна́ние (ru) n (samopoznánije)
• Swedish: självkännedom (sv) c