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For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.
Robert Penn Warren

Meaning of "self-understanding" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-UNDERSTANDING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-UNDERSTANDING

noun
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Self-Understanding is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SELF-UNDERSTANDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of self-understanding in the English dictionary

The definition of self-understanding in the dictionary is the ability to understand one's own actions.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-UNDERSTANDING

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self-sustaining growth
self-talk
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self-tanning
self-tapping
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self-taught
self-tender
self-test
self-timer
self-torture
self-treatment
self-tuition
self-violence
self-will
self-willed
self-winding
self-worship
self-worth

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-UNDERSTANDING

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

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Translation of «self-understanding» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Find out the translation of self-understanding to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-understanding 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-understanding» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

认识自我
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autocomprensión
570 millions of speakers

English

self-understanding
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वयं को समझने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فهم الذات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самопонимание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto-compreensão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ব-বোঝার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la compréhension de soi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemahaman diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbstverständnis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己認識
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 이해
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pangerten
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tự hiểu biết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய புரிதலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची समज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendini anlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto-comprensione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zrozumienie siebie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

саморозуміння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- înțelegere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - κατανόηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- begrip
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självförståelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvforståelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-understanding

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-UNDERSTANDING»

The term «self-understanding» is regularly used and occupies the 104.423 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-UNDERSTANDING» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «SELF-UNDERSTANDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-understanding.
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Laura Esquivel
As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.
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Robert Penn Warren
For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-UNDERSTANDING»

Discover the use of self-understanding in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-understanding and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Self-Understanding in Childhood and Adolescence
This important book provides a comprehensive look, from a developmental perspective, of how children and adolescents come to understand themselves during the first two decades of life.
William Damon, 1991
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The Dream Book: Symbols for Self-Understanding
Presents a guide to dream interpretation, with explanations of the most common dreams, techniques for remembering dreams, advice on how they can be used for problem solving and self-discovery, and definitions of dream symbols.
Betty Bethards, 2001
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Wokini Lakota: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and ...
"Wokini, " translated from Lakota, means "seeking a new beginning." On that theme, the famous athlete joins the bestselling author to blend modern therapeutic principles and Native American tradition.
Billy Mills, 1999
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One to One: Self-Understanding Through Journal Writing
For years I've been telling friends about the therapeutic powers of the act of writing. Now at last I have a book that I can recommend.—Judith Guest, author of Ordinary People
Christina Baldwin, 1991
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Coping with Trauma: A Guide to Self-Understanding
Dr. Allen, Senior Staff Psychologist with the Trauma Recovery Program at The Menninger Clinic, has written this book to help laypersons understand the complex and often bewildering impact of traumatic experience.
Jon G. Allen, 1999
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The Conceptual Self in Context: Culture Experience Self ...
This is the third and last of the Emory Symposia organized around Ulric Neisser's cognitive theory of self-knowledge; it goes beyond The Perceived Self and The Remembering Self to deal with some of the oldest--as well as some of the newest- ...
Ulric Neisser, David A. Jopling, 1997
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The Learning Self: Understanding the Potential for ...
This is a book that should be read by every student of psychology, learning, and the self."—Peter Jarvis, professor emeritus of continuing education, University of Surrey, United Kingdom The Learning Self This new book from the award ...
Mark Tennant, 2012
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The American Identity and Self-Understanding
This is an abstraction, neither I will not try
Christian Bacher, 2007
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Karen Horney: A Psychoanalyst's Search for Self-Understanding
This book argues that Horney's inner struggles, in particular her compulsive need for men, induced her to embark on a search for self-understanding.
Bernard J. Paris, 1996
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Storied Lives: The Cultural Politics of Self-understanding
Presents a series of personal interviews with a variety of subjects: religious fundamentalists in Appalachia; Holocaust survivors; women who have given up their children for adoption and others.
George C. Rosenwald, Richard L. Ochberg, 1992

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

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-understanding is used in the context of the following news items.
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This Robo Shows Faint Glimmer Of Self-Awareness [Video]
The experiment touched on a couple of things important in the robot's self-awareness and self-understanding. The "dumbing pill" story was new information to ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
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Rainbow Camp 'transformative'
“Rainbow Camp is designed around the curricula developed to aid in activism, with its main goal being self-understanding.” Welcome Friends saw the value in ... «Sault This Week, Jul 15»
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No reconciliation is possible for China, Japan and Korea without a …
Koreans view Japan's self-understanding as problematic as it doesn't include recognition of the violations against the Korean people during the colonial period. «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
4
Obama, overtime, and the value of hard work
Central to our national self-understanding is the idea that hard work pays off. Americans have always tolerated rather high levels of inequality, as long as most ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Dionne: How much do we value work?
Central to our national self-understanding is the idea that hard work pays off. Americans have always tolerated rather high levels of inequality, as long as most ... «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»
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Organization or Mission?
The church's missional self-understanding is grounded in the work ofthe Spirit of God who calls the church into existence as a gathered community, equips and ... «First Things, Jun 15»
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Perpetual Solitude in “Frankenstein”
John Paul II reads the Yahwist account as a “record of man's self-understanding;” we might see something similar in Victor's journal concerning the creature: he ... «Patheos, May 15»
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I am only a nurse: a biographical narrative study of a nurse's self
A literature search on nurses' self-understanding in a psycho-social perspective yields no results. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate personal and ... «BMC Blogs Network, Apr 15»
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Are You Parenting From Love or From Fear?
... says, "The best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding." When I finally started to carry my own baggage, I could take it off my daughter. «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
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Looking at art can help us see ourselves
Self-understanding often comes from looking outside the self, through the lens of a filmmaker or the eye of an artist. Looking at art can help us see ourselves. «ArtsHub, Jan 15»

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