self-aware

English

Etymology

self- +‎ aware

Adjective

self-aware (comparative more self-aware, superlative most self-aware)

1. Aware of oneself as an individual that exists in the real world.

   The robot didn't just resemble a human girl: she was self-aware and conscious as well.

   • 2011 April 19, Angela Watercutter, “Skynet Becomes Self-Aware: How to Welcome Our AI Overlords”, in Wired‎^[1]:

     The time has come. According to the Terminator clock, at 8:11 p.m. Tuesday, Skynet will become self-aware. And humanity will be screwed.

2. Cognizant of one's appearances, shortcomings, etc.

   The video is a self-aware parody of the trend.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:self-aware

Meronyms

• See Thesaurus:sentient

Related terms

• self-awareness

Translations

aware of oneself

• Finnish: tietoinen itsestään
• French: autoconscient
• Hungarian: öntudattal rendelkező, öntudatos (hu)
• Irish: féin-chomhfhiosach
• Macedonian: самосве́сен (samosvésen)
• Polish: samoświadomy
• Portuguese: autoconsciente
• Russian: само-осо́знанный (samo-osóznannyj)