Meanings
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.
Synonyms: self-awareness
- uncountableA 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 - uncountableimmunologyThe process by which the immune system distinguishes the body's own cells, DNA, etc. and those of a foreign, possibly pathogenic, agent.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.
Origin
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self-recognition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-recognition
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