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Self-knowledge definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SELF-KNOWL'EDGE, n. The knowledge of one's own real character, abilities, worth or demerit.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1564 knowledge or understanding of one's own capabilities, character, feelings, or motivations

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the understanding of oneself, one's motives, etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Self-knowledge Self`-knowl"edge, n. Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Self-knowledge is knowledge that you have about your own character and nature. The more self-knowledge we have, the more control we can exert over our feelings and behaviour.

Moby Thesaurus

acquaintance, corpus, data, datum, experience, expertise, facts, factual base, familiarity, information, intelligence, intimacy, introspection, ken, know-how, knowing, knowledge, practical knowledge, private knowledge, privity, ratio cognoscendi, self-examination, technic, technics, technique