self-consciousadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfˈkɒnʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˈkɑnʃəs/

Forms: see self- prefix and conscious adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, conscious adj.

Etymology: < self- prefix + conscious adj. With sense 2 compare earlier self-consciousness n. 1.

1. Designating a quality or attribute which the holder is conscious of possessing. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1632 J. Hayward in tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena Transl. to Rdr. sig. A4^v My own far short sufficiencie, or rather selfe-conscious insufficiency.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 439 My self-conscious Worth [L. mea..virtus].

1727 ‘M. Herberts’ Adventures of Proteus i. 31 Merit is seldom self-conscious.

1749 Susanna: Oratorio ii. iii. 16 Self-conscious Virtue shall be ever mine.

1824 J. Bentham & P. Bingham Bk. Fallacies i. i. 47 Self-conscious and self-avowed imbecility.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiv. 202 Their..innocence so self-conscious and self-satisfied.

1893 A. L. Halstead Bride of Infelice xxxiii. 308 ‘Wherefor should I tremble?’ he asked himself in his self-conscious criminality. ‘I have escaped the law all these years.’

2009 W. S. Anderson tr. Seneca in M. Plaza Persius & Juvenal xiv. 399 It [sc. wrath] seems to me the quality of a slothful and unhappy mind, of self-conscious stupidity.

2. Philosophy and Psychology. Having consciousness of one's own existence, identity, sensations, etc.

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the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > self-consciousness > [adjective]

self-feeling1595

conscient1605

conscious to oneself1611

conscientious1637

self-conscious1685

conscious1690

autonoetic1883

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of reflection of self > [adjective]

self-conscious1685

conscious1829

1685 J. Turner Disc. conc. Messias Ep. Ded. p. cliii For by a person nothing else is meant but a self-conscious nature.

a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Freewill (1838) 71 We are certain by inward sense that we can reflect upon ourselves and consider ourselves, which is a reduplication of life in a higher degree; for all cogitative beings as such are self-conscious.

a1740 J. Abernethy Serm. Var. Subj. (1748) I. x. 243 A spiritual substance, the regent of the body, indued with powers of a very high nature, the spring of thought and various operation, self conscious and capable of pleasure and pain in a great variety.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxv. 85 One individual, indivisible, self-conscious, spiritual being.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. x. 199 An infinite yet self-conscious Creator.

1868 N. Porter Human Intellect Introd. iv. §41. 55 A soul that is self-conscious is not so singular as a brain functionizing about itself and its own being.

1907 J. R. Illingworth Doctr. Trinity vii. 136 A person is..essentially a self-conscious subject.

1976 Progress in Sci. Culture (E. Majorana Centre) Spring 11 A dualist-interactionist philosophy according to which the self-conscious mind has an identity and activity that are not entirely dependent on brain events.

2005 Irish Times 11 Aug. 13/4 In recent evolutionary history, self-conscious animals have evolved to ponder whether or not God exists.

3. Aware of something specified, esp. something concerning oneself; conscious within oneself that something is the case. Now somewhat rare.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [adjective] > knowing, aware

wareOE

witterc1100

awarea1250

knowing1504

foreseen?1569

waring1571

guilty1599

cognoscent1649

self-conscious1694

sapient1764

knowledgeable1825

cognizant1839

knowful1937

1694 D. Williams Man made Righteous by Christ's Obed. 178 Being Self-conscious that he had offered no Arguments fit to Proselite any,..he comes down to offer a Proposal from his own Choice.

1718 W. Kennett Dr. Snape instructed in Some Matters 17 The Words indeed may look forward, as if the Master was self conscious that some of his new Evidence would fail him.

1865 Reader 18 Nov. 570/2 Not that it has always been essential to the progress of society that it should be self-conscious of the path it was pursuing.

1985 J. Wimber & K. Springer Power Evangelism v. 75 Our goal is to become self-conscious of our worldview, altering our worldview where it endorses the values that are contrary to Christianity.

2014 Virginia Law Rev. 100 1077 The intellectual leaders of the new states were remarkably self-conscious of the problem of the legitimacy of fundamental law.

4. Characterized by excessive or undue awareness of oneself, one's appearance, or one's actions; acutely aware of oneself as an object of observation by others, esp. in a way which causes discomfort or embarrassment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > excessively self-aware

conscious1668

self-conscious1825

the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > self-consciousness > [adjective] > morbidly

self-conscious1825

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [adjective] > preoccupied with self

self-central1642

selfy1643

self-centred1645

self-concerned1653

self-involved1785

self-conscious1825

self-intoxicated1847

self-obsessed1878

egocentric1900

1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan II. ix. 296 The defence of time-serving politics.., if not so eloquent as that of the great Roman master of this art in his letter to Lentulus, is, at least, as self-conscious and laboured.

1834 J. S. Mill Let. 12 Jan. in Wks. (1963) XII. 208 I begin to think that instead of being, as I once thought I was, the most self-conscious person living, I am much less self-conscious now..than almost anybody.

1858 Godey's Lady's Bk. Jan. 58/2 ‘What makes so many ladies look at me?’ I asked, when at last I came to my senses enough to feel self-conscious.

1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William i. 14 ‘Sixpennoth of Gooseberry Eyes,’ he said, with a slightly self-conscious air.

1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier xiii. 255 Self-conscious Socialists dutifully addressing one another as ‘Comrade’.

1974 J. Irving 158-Pound Marriage ii. 42 She had never been self-conscious about what she wore.

2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 414 That didn't make a lick of sense to me, said Georgie with a self-conscious laugh.

5. Of an action, undertaking, production, etc.: produced or performed deliberately and with full awareness; characterized by a reflective self-awareness.

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the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > performed with intention

bethoughtc1200

expressa1400

wilfula1400

purposedc1422

purpensed1436

malice prepensed1454

aforethought1472

studiedc1475

setc1485

voluntary1495

deliberate?1527

willing1550

witting1553

propensed1560

fore-intendeda1586

affected1586

designed1586

determinate1586

intended1592

deliberated1594

uncasual1614

recollecteda1616

resolved1624

industriousa1628

intentionate1631

pre-intended1636

advised1642

malice prepense1647

sedentary1647

propense1650

consultive1651

(crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692

conscious1726

intentionala1729

systematic1746

studious1750

systematical1750

prepensive1752

advertent1832

self-conscious1832

volitive1839

designful1852

purposeful1853

purposive1864

thought-controlled1926

1832 Vermont Chron. 27 Apr. 65/4 All attempts at explanation will only entangle the mind in a net of words, and withdraw it from that self-conscious examination, which gives it an insight into its true state.

1856 R. H. Hutton in National Rev. Jan. 100 So far as human action is self-conscious as well as voluntary.

1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 476/1 While traversing much the same ground that Mr. Foster covers,..it is more ambitious and self-conscious in its style.

1927 Manch. Guardian Weekly 28 Jan. 75/2 The frousty, self-conscious hedonism of the swagger music-hall.

1955 Sociometry 18 207 The entire linguistic group took part in a self-conscious attempt to transform their villages.

1979 Washington Post 29 May b3/5 To be fashionable,..retro-slang must be musty enough to be conspicuously self-conscious.

2002 B. Mukherjee Desirable Daughters iv. 63 I tamped down my natural paranoia and made a self-conscious effort to be happy.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 16/1 Art Deco's self-conscious modernity never outlawed a large number of plunderings from exotic sources.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-conscious
释义	self-consciousadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈkɒnʃəs/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈkɑnʃəs/ Forms: see self- prefix and conscious adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, conscious adj. Etymology: < self- prefix + conscious adj. With sense 2 compare earlier self-consciousness n. 1. 1. Designating a quality or attribute which the holder is conscious of possessing. Now rare. ΚΠ 1632 J. Hayward in tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena Transl. to Rdr. sig. A4^v My own far short sufficiencie, or rather selfe-conscious insufficiency. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 439 My self-conscious Worth [L. mea..virtus]. 1727 ‘M. Herberts’ Adventures of Proteus i. 31 Merit is seldom self-conscious. 1749 Susanna: Oratorio ii. iii. 16 Self-conscious Virtue shall be ever mine. 1824 J. Bentham & P. Bingham Bk. Fallacies i. i. 47 Self-conscious and self-avowed imbecility. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiv. 202 Their..innocence so self-conscious and self-satisfied. 1893 A. L. Halstead Bride of Infelice xxxiii. 308 ‘Wherefor should I tremble?’ he asked himself in his self-conscious criminality. ‘I have escaped the law all these years.’ 2009 W. S. Anderson tr. Seneca in M. Plaza Persius & Juvenal xiv. 399 It [sc. wrath] seems to me the quality of a slothful and unhappy mind, of self-conscious stupidity. 2. Philosophy and Psychology. Having consciousness of one's own existence, identity, sensations, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > self-consciousness > [adjective] self-feeling1595 conscient1605 conscious to oneself1611 conscientious1637 self-conscious1685 conscious1690 autonoetic1883 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of reflection of self > [adjective] self-conscious1685 conscious1829 1685 J. Turner Disc. conc. Messias Ep. Ded. p. cliii For by a person nothing else is meant but a self-conscious nature. a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Freewill (1838) 71 We are certain by inward sense that we can reflect upon ourselves and consider ourselves, which is a reduplication of life in a higher degree; for all cogitative beings as such are self-conscious. a1740 J. Abernethy Serm. Var. Subj. (1748) I. x. 243 A spiritual substance, the regent of the body, indued with powers of a very high nature, the spring of thought and various operation, self conscious and capable of pleasure and pain in a great variety. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxv. 85 One individual, indivisible, self-conscious, spiritual being. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. x. 199 An infinite yet self-conscious Creator. 1868 N. Porter Human Intellect Introd. iv. §41. 55 A soul that is self-conscious is not so singular as a brain functionizing about itself and its own being. 1907 J. R. Illingworth Doctr. Trinity vii. 136 A person is..essentially a self-conscious subject. 1976 Progress in Sci. Culture (E. Majorana Centre) Spring 11 A dualist-interactionist philosophy according to which the self-conscious mind has an identity and activity that are not entirely dependent on brain events. 2005 Irish Times 11 Aug. 13/4 In recent evolutionary history, self-conscious animals have evolved to ponder whether or not God exists. 3. Aware of something specified, esp. something concerning oneself; conscious within oneself that something is the case. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [adjective] > knowing, aware wareOE witterc1100 awarea1250 knowing1504 foreseen?1569 waring1571 guilty1599 cognoscent1649 self-conscious1694 sapient1764 knowledgeable1825 cognizant1839 knowful1937 1694 D. Williams Man made Righteous by Christ's Obed. 178 Being Self-conscious that he had offered no Arguments fit to Proselite any,..he comes down to offer a Proposal from his own Choice. 1718 W. Kennett Dr. Snape instructed in Some Matters 17 The Words indeed may look forward, as if the Master was self conscious that some of his new Evidence would fail him. 1865 Reader 18 Nov. 570/2 Not that it has always been essential to the progress of society that it should be self-conscious of the path it was pursuing. 1985 J. Wimber & K. Springer Power Evangelism v. 75 Our goal is to become self-conscious of our worldview, altering our worldview where it endorses the values that are contrary to Christianity. 2014 Virginia Law Rev. 100 1077 The intellectual leaders of the new states were remarkably self-conscious of the problem of the legitimacy of fundamental law. 4. Characterized by excessive or undue awareness of oneself, one's appearance, or one's actions; acutely aware of oneself as an object of observation by others, esp. in a way which causes discomfort or embarrassment. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > excessively self-aware conscious1668 self-conscious1825 the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > self-consciousness > [adjective] > morbidly self-conscious1825 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [adjective] > preoccupied with self self-central1642 selfy1643 self-centred1645 self-concerned1653 self-involved1785 self-conscious1825 self-intoxicated1847 self-obsessed1878 egocentric1900 1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan II. ix. 296 The defence of time-serving politics.., if not so eloquent as that of the great Roman master of this art in his letter to Lentulus, is, at least, as self-conscious and laboured. 1834 J. S. Mill Let. 12 Jan. in Wks. (1963) XII. 208 I begin to think that instead of being, as I once thought I was, the most self-conscious person living, I am much less self-conscious now..than almost anybody. 1858 Godey's Lady's Bk. Jan. 58/2 ‘What makes so many ladies look at me?’ I asked, when at last I came to my senses enough to feel self-conscious. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William i. 14 ‘Sixpennoth of Gooseberry Eyes,’ he said, with a slightly self-conscious air. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier xiii. 255 Self-conscious Socialists dutifully addressing one another as ‘Comrade’. 1974 J. Irving 158-Pound Marriage ii. 42 She had never been self-conscious about what she wore. 2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 414 That didn't make a lick of sense to me, said Georgie with a self-conscious laugh. 5. Of an action, undertaking, production, etc.: produced or performed deliberately and with full awareness; characterized by a reflective self-awareness. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > performed with intention bethoughtc1200 expressa1400 wilfula1400 purposedc1422 purpensed1436 malice prepensed1454 aforethought1472 studiedc1475 setc1485 voluntary1495 deliberate?1527 willing1550 witting1553 propensed1560 fore-intendeda1586 affected1586 designed1586 determinate1586 intended1592 deliberated1594 uncasual1614 recollecteda1616 resolved1624 industriousa1628 intentionate1631 pre-intended1636 advised1642 malice prepense1647 sedentary1647 propense1650 consultive1651 (crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692 conscious1726 intentionala1729 systematic1746 studious1750 systematical1750 prepensive1752 advertent1832 self-conscious1832 volitive1839 designful1852 purposeful1853 purposive1864 thought-controlled1926 1832 Vermont Chron. 27 Apr. 65/4 All attempts at explanation will only entangle the mind in a net of words, and withdraw it from that self-conscious examination, which gives it an insight into its true state. 1856 R. H. Hutton in National Rev. Jan. 100 So far as human action is self-conscious as well as voluntary. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 476/1 While traversing much the same ground that Mr. Foster covers,..it is more ambitious and self-conscious in its style. 1927 Manch. Guardian Weekly 28 Jan. 75/2 The frousty, self-conscious hedonism of the swagger music-hall. 1955 Sociometry 18 207 The entire linguistic group took part in a self-conscious attempt to transform their villages. 1979 Washington Post 29 May b3/5 To be fashionable,..retro-slang must be musty enough to be conspicuously self-conscious. 2002 B. Mukherjee Desirable Daughters iv. 63 I tamped down my natural paranoia and made a self-conscious effort to be happy. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 16/1 Art Deco's self-conscious modernity never outlawed a large number of plunderings from exotic sources. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1632
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