Self-recognition

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual. uncountable
  2. 2
    A recognition made chiefly by oneself; an understanding reached by one's own thought and reflection. uncountable

    "Graham therefore insisted that sentencers not deprive juvenile non-homicide offenders "of the opportunity to achieve maturity... and self-recognition of human worth and potential" by sentencing them to die in prison."

  3. 3
    The process by which the immune system distinguishes the body's own cells, DNA, etc. and those of a foreign, possibly pathogenic, agent. uncountable

Synonyms

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self-awareness

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"Graham therefore insisted that sentencers not deprive juvenile non-homicide offenders "of the opportunity to achieve maturity... and self-recognition of human worth and potential" by sentencing them to die in prison."

Etymology

From self- + recognition.

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