SELF-KNOWLEDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-knowledge mean? 

• SELF-KNOWLEDGE (noun)
  The noun SELF-KNOWLEDGE has 1 sense:

1. an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities

  Familiarity information: SELF-KNOWLEDGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-KNOWLEDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("self-knowledge" is a kind of...):

apprehension; discernment; savvy; understanding (the cognitive condition of someone who understands)

 Context examples 

Such were the counsels by which Mrs. Norris assisted to form her nieces' minds; and it is not very wonderful that, with all their promising talents and early information, they should be entirely deficient in the less common acquirements of self-knowledge, generosity and humility.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)