self-unawareness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From self- + unawareness.
Noun
[edit]self-unawareness (uncountable)
- The lack of self-awareness.
- 2008 spring, Hugh Epstein, “‘The Fitness of Things’: Conrad’s English Irony in ‘Typhoon’ and The Secret Agent”, in Allan H. Simmons, editor, The Conradian: Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK), volume 33, number 1, Amsterdam; New York, N.Y.: Editions Rodopi; The Joseph Conrad Society (UK), →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, pages 18–19:
- Is not the collocation of “love, timidity, and indolence” a telling one, and is it clear that it lies beyond Mr Verloc’s consciousness, to be enjoyed as the superior narrator’s disdain at this display of self-unawareness put on for the gratified illumination of the reader?
- 2017, Carolyn T. Linn, “Preface”, in Loving a Beautiful Mind: Schizophrenia and an Amazing God!, Maitland, Fla.: Xulon Press, →ISBN, page xiii:
- God revealed to this hurting woman the beauty and power of love; she broke free from the bondage of self-unawareness and was delivered from the strongholds that had blocked her ability to see God in her life.
- 2020, Joe Pappalardo, “The Veteran’s Voice”, in Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner’s Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, Part 5 (Postwar Dream), page 301:
- “[…] My main concern right now is my family, and to make enough money to retire comfortably.” Smith’s attempt at humility morphs into an epic display of self-unawareness. “I’m just an average guy,” he goes on. “Maybe I’m more adventuresome than most. I’m of a fearless nature. […]”