self-perception

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  1. noun An awareness of the characteristics that constitute one's self; self-knowledge.

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  • With new beliefs we can heal ourselves of anything since all illness, shamanically-speaking, arises from self-perception. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • In the same vein, the slower-paced, more homogeneous slices of the country in which there is less churn, i.e., fewer people moving in and out, are also authentically American, but cosmopolitanism cuts against their self-perception. —  The American Scene
  • But self-perception, what individuals value, and what choices they perceive as possible are constituted by the social world (Sen, 1990), and so the putative preferences that underlie an individual's objectives must be understood in this light. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Judges will evaluate the participants based on their accomplishments, self-perception, communication, and projection skills.
  • One year later, what's left of that positive self-perception that bloggers have maintained? —  Global Voices Online
 

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