self-knowledge

1. 1.

   an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities

   Broaderunderstanding

Questions about self-knowledge

What does self-knowledge mean?

self-knowledge means "an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities".

How many syllables are in self-knowledge?

self-knowledge has 3 syllables and divides as self-k-now-ledge under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is self-knowledge a common word?

self-knowledge is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.