self-recognition
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From self- + recognition.
Noun
[edit]self-recognition (uncountable)
- (philosophy) The experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.
- Synonym: self-awareness
- A recognition made chiefly by oneself; an understanding reached by one's own thought and reflection.
- 2021, Jones v. Mississippi (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18–1259), Justice Sotomayor dissenting:
- 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.
- 2021, Jones v. Mississippi (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18–1259), Justice Sotomayor dissenting:
- (immunology) The process by which the immune system distinguishes the body's own cells, DNA, etc. and those of a foreign, possibly pathogenic, agent.