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selfconscious

selfconscious is the alternative spelling of self-conscious.

Meaning of self-conscious

Adjective

self-conscious (comparative more self-conscious, superlative most self-conscious)

  1. Aware of oneself as an individual being.
  2. Excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.
    • “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  3. Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease.

Forms of selfconscious

comparativemore selfconscious
superlativemost selfconscious

Words formed from selfconscious

Questions about selfconscious

What is selfconscious the alternative spelling of?
Selfconscious is the alternative spelling of self-conscious.

Words near selfconscious in the dictionary

  1. selfcircumcision
  2. selfcondensation
  3. selfcondensations
  4. selfcongratulatory
  5. selfconjugate
  6. selfconscious
  7. selfconsciously
  8. selfconsciousness
  9. selfconsistency
  10. selfconsistent
  11. selfconsistently

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