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self-recognition

self-recognition noun: the experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.

Noun

self-recognition (uncountable)

  1. The experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.
    Synonyms:
    self-awareness
  2. A recognition made chiefly by oneself; an understanding reached by one's own thought and reflection.
    • 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
  3. The process by which the immune system distinguishes the body's own cells, DNA, etc. and those of a foreign, possibly pathogenic, agent.

Synonyms of self-recognition

Origin of self-recognition

From self- + recognition.

Questions about self-recognition

What does self-recognition mean?
Self-recognition means the experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.
What part of speech is self-recognition?
Self-recognition is a noun.

Words near self-recognition in the dictionary

  1. self-raping
  2. self-realisation
  3. self-realisations
  4. self-realization
  5. self-realizations
  6. self-recognition
  7. self-recording
  8. self-recrimination
  9. self-redress
  10. self-reference
  11. self-reference effect

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