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The things that make me laugh are considered smart or whatever, I guess. But stuff that's self-consciously intelligent or self-consciously hip or cool, that doesn't do it for me either. You just try to be funny.
Greg Giraldo

Meaning of "self-consciously" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-CONSCIOUSLY

self-consciously  [ˌselfˈkɒnʃəslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-CONSCIOUSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Consciously is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SELF-CONSCIOUSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Self-consciousness

Self-consciousness is an acute sense of self-awareness. It is a preoccupation with oneself, as opposed to the philosophical state of self-awareness, which is the awareness that one exists as an individual being; although some writers use both terms interchangeably or synonymously. An unpleasant feeling of self-consciousness may occur when one realizes that one is being watched or observed, the feeling that "everyone is looking" at oneself. Some people are habitually more self-conscious than others. Unpleasant feelings of self-consciousness are sometimes associated with shyness or paranoia.

Definition of self-consciously in the English dictionary

The definition of self-consciously in the dictionary is in a manner that suggests you are unduly aware of yourself as the object of the attention of others. Other definition of self-consciously is in a manner that suggests a strong awareness of your own identity and importance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELF-CONSCIOUSLY


anxiously
ˈæŋkʃəslɪ
cautiously
ˈkɔːʃəslɪ
conscientiously
ˌkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəslɪ
consciously
ˈkɒnʃəslɪ
contentiously
kənˈtɛnʃəslɪ
deliciously
dɪˈlɪʃəslɪ
graciously
ˈɡreɪʃəslɪ
licentiously
laɪˈsenʃəslɪ
preconsciously
priːˈkɒnʃəslɪ
pretentiously
prɪˈtɛnʃəslɪ
semiconsciously
ˌsɛmɪˈkɒnʃəslɪ
sententiously
senˈtenʃəslɪ
subconsciously
ˌsʌbˈkɒnʃəslɪ
suspiciously
səˈspɪʃəslɪ
tendencially
tenˈdenʃəslɪ
tendenciously
tenˈdenʃəslɪ
tendentiously
tenˈdenʃəslɪ
unconsciously
ʌnˈkɒnʃəslɪ
unpretentiously
ˌʌnprɪˈtɛnʃəslɪ
unselfconsciously
ˌʌnˌselfˈkɒnʃəslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-CONSCIOUSLY

self-conceit
self-conceited
self-concept
self-confessed
self-confidence
self-confident
self-confidently
self-congratulation
self-congratulatory
self-conscious
self-consciousness
self-contained
self-containedly
self-containedness
self-contempt
self-contradiction
self-contradictory
self-control
self-controlled
self-controlling

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-CONSCIOUSLY

anonymously
continuously
curiously
dangerously
deviously
enormously
famously
generously
hilariously
marvellously
meticulously
obviously
outrageously
previously
ridiculously
seriously
simultaneously
spontaneously
tremendously
unanimously
vigorously

Synonyms and antonyms of self-consciously in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «self-consciously» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-CONSCIOUSLY

Find out the translation of self-consciously to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-consciously from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-consciously» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自觉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conscientemente
570 millions of speakers

English

self-consciously
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म बूझकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بوعي ذاتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

застенчиво
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conscientemente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আকুলভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

consciemment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

selbstbewusst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己意識
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 의식적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Poto-consciously
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự ý thức
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய உணர்வுடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची जाणीवपूर्वक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sıkılgan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

consapevolmente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świadomie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

соромливо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- conștient
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - συνειδητά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self-bewus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självmedvetet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvbevisst
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-consciously

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-CONSCIOUSLY»

The term «self-consciously» is regularly used and occupies the 103.356 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-CONSCIOUSLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-consciously

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2 QUOTES WITH «SELF-CONSCIOUSLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-consciously.
1
Greg Giraldo
The things that make me laugh are considered smart or whatever, I guess. But stuff that's self-consciously intelligent or self-consciously hip or cool, that doesn't do it for me either. You just try to be funny.
2
Adam Scott
I mean, the acting school I went to, we did have a social experience, but you know, when it's a bunch of actors, it's everyone self-consciously having a social experience rather than just having a social experience.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-CONSCIOUSLY»

Discover the use of self-consciously in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-consciously and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Living Consciously: the Science of Self
... of) an insufferable necessity of my living. However, following such a numbing experience, I may later • A technical medico-legal term. grow the mental strength required for seeing it clearly as 77 Growing My External World Self -Consciously.
John Morris Dorsey, Walter Henry Seegers, 1959
2
Phenomenological Inquiry in Psychology: Existential and ...
Being-ashamed appears always to entail the constituent experiences of being- self-consciously-embarrassed and being-anxious in the face of exposure, along with a felt thrust toward being-embarrassed-over-actual-expo- sure. It sometimes  ...
Ron Valle, 1998
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Consciousness and the Self: New Essays
We talk not only about someone feeling self-conscious when, for example, she walks into a room full of strangers, but we also talk about someone acting self- consciously when in the presence of others. In this chapter I am going to take feeling ...
JeeLoo Liu, John Perry, 2012
4
Sprawling Places
In a themed place the social norms are self-consciously presented as other and as different from the local everyday expectations. If a place does not put itself forward as representing something other, but is just a place where people live in a ...
David Kolb, 2008
5
Christian Science Re-Explored: A Challenge to Original Thinking
15 20 one may be what the world calls a do-gooder, but since thinking, conscious identity, is the whole or all, the art of “doing” good is Good lived self-consciously. the Good that i am living consciously as myself is the Good i am being for and ...
Margaret Laird, 2010
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Yale Law Journal: Symposium - The Meaning of the Civil ...
id. at 11 (“[T]he Presidentand Congress, with the critical assistance ofMartin Luther King . . . self-consciously repudiated the idea that Article Five should monopolize higher lawmaking—choosing instead to usetheir landmark statute to function ...
Yale Law Journal, 2014
7
Knowledge Management Tools
On the other hand, there are occasions when drivers do pay attention do details of traffic and the skills of car handling, perhaps even self-consciously comparing the current state of the traffic with previous experiences; on such occasions they ...
Rudy Ruggles, 2009
8
Epistemology in Classical India: The Knowledge Sources of ...
Rather, we end doubt and controversy once it arises by employing—as best we can and self-consciously as opposed to non-self-consciously before the challenge— knowledge sources to ascertain the truth. These are to be supplemented, the ...
Stephen H Phillips, 2013
9
Individual Differences in Conscious Experience
Accordingly, if one is self-consciously perceiving some of the gray hair ontop one's head or some of the gray matter inside one's brain, then one is self- consciously aware that the experience of gray fibers is generated perceptually, externally, ...
Robert G. Kunzendorf, Benjamin Wallace, 2000
10
The Liberalism-communitarianism Debate: A Neo-Hegelian Aufhebung
This means that when the institutions of the social whole express the moments of the concept of the rational will and individuals self-consciously-—knowingly and voluntarily-—act on the basis of the norms of these institutions they achieve ...
Eric Joshua Dickson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-CONSCIOUSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-consciously is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ant-Man Peyton Reed
Peyton Reed's Ant-Man offers perhaps the most self-consciously introspective evaluation of the Marvel brand yet, and the film works well as a breather after ... «Exclaim!, Jul 15»
2
Volpone review – slick and well acted, but too self-consciously modern
'Good acting is all you need': (from left) Matthew Kelly as Corvino, Henry Goodman as Volpone, Geoffrey Freshwater as Corbaccio, Orion Lee as Mosca and ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Locally Sourced at Johnson
There's a weird bifurcation in contemporary video art: between the self-consciously lyrical and the self-consciously crass. Me, I prefer Joshua Bonetta's beautiful ... «ithaca.com, Jul 15»
4
Barbara Kay: The bureaucrats killed CanLit
Unfortunately, writerly creativity was soon usurped by the bureaucracy: public funding and prizes were made contingent on writing that was self-consciously ... «National Post, Jul 15»
5
Self-Consciously Victorian Cole Valley Condo Wants $1.65M
434627_2.jpg Although period details can still be found in many of San Francisco's older single-family homes, they are far more rare in the city's stock of condos. «Curbed SF, Jul 15»
6
Minka Kelly self-consciously tugs on her jumper as she steps out in …
While she is more than comfortable being the centre of attention when the camera lens is on her, Minka Kelly looked to be feeling a bit shy on Thursday. «Daily Mail, May 15»
7
At MIT, two films by Redmond Entwistle look back self-consciously
What sort of artifacts are the two films by Redmond Entwistle screening through Feb. 15 at MIT's List Visual Arts Center? One wants to know, if only in order to ... «Boston Globe, Jan 15»
8
Radical Islam, Nihilist Rage
Indeed, their leaders often embraced revolutionary ideas that came out of the West, self-consciously locating themselves in the tradition of the European ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
9
Film Review: 'Lucy'
... to writer-director Luc Besson's return to blockbuster form — which is to say, his latest aggressively stylish, self-consciously feminist, gratuitously globe-trotting ... «Variety, Jul 14»
10
'Third Person': Movie review
He puffs a cigarette self-consciously, removes his eyeglasses self-consciously, types and drinks and ponders self-consciously. As written and directed by Paul ... «New York Daily News, Jun 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Self-Consciously [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/self-consciously>. May 2024 ».
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