self-awareness

1. 1.

   awareness of your own individuality

   Broaderawareness

   Narrowerorientationself-consciousness

Questions about self-awareness

What does self-awareness mean?

self-awareness means "awareness of your own individuality".

How many syllables are in self-awareness?

self-awareness has 5 syllables: sel-f-a-wa-re-ness. The stress falls on "wa".

Is self-awareness a common word?

self-awareness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.