SELF-CONSCIOUS


Meaning of SELF-CONSCIOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈkän(t)-shəs ]

adjective

Date: circa 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 self-conscious social class

also : produced or done with such awareness

self-conscious art

2. : uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others : ill at ease

• self-con·scious·ly adverb

• self-con·scious·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.