[self-con.scious] adj (ca. 1680) 1 a: conscious of one's own acts or states as belonging to or originating in oneself: aware of oneself as an individual b: intensely aware of oneself: conscious "a rising and ~ social class"; also: produced or done with such awareness "~ art"
2: uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others: ill at ease -- self-con.scious.ly adv -- self-con.scious.ness n