Self-feeling

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Self-awareness; knowledge of, or familiarity with, oneself. uncountable

    "Full easie was for her to haue beliefe, / Who by self-feeling of her feeble sexe, […] / Could iudge what paines do louing harts perplexe."

  2. 2
    Self-centredness, egotism. uncountable

Example

More examples

"Full easie was for her to haue beliefe, / Who by self-feeling of her feeble sexe, […] / Could iudge what paines do louing harts perplexe."

Etymology

From self- + feeling.

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