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Title self-conscious
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
self-con·scious
\\-ˈkän(t)-shəs\\ adjective
 DATE  circa 1680
1.
  a. conscious of one's own acts or states as belonging to or originating in oneself : aware of oneself as an individual
  b. intensely aware of oneself :
conscious

      a rising and self-conscious social class
   also : produced or done with such awareness
      self-conscious art
2. uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others :
ill at ease

self-con·scious·ly adverb
self-con·scious·ness noun
English Etymology
self-conscious
  1688, "aware of one's action," a word of the Eng. Enlightenment (Locke was using it by 1690), from self + conscious (q.v.). Morbid sense of "preoccupied with one's own personality" is attested from 1834 (in J.S. Mill).
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
self-conscious
7self-'conscious adjective1. ~ (about sth) nervous or embarrassed about your appearance or what other people think of you
   (因顾虑自己的外表或表现)局促不安的,害羞的,不自然的:
   He's always been self-conscious about being so short.
   他老为自己身材矮小而觉得难为情。
2. (often disapproving) done in a way that shows you are aware of the effect that is being produced
   刻意的;自己意识到的:
   The humour of the play is self-conscious and contrived.
   这部剧的幽默是刻意而为的,而且牵强做作。
   OPP 
unselfconscious

7self-'conscious·ly adv.:
   She was self-consciously aware of his stare.
   她意识到他在看她,感到不自在。
7self-'conscious·ness noun [U]
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of English


self-conscious
adj.

VERBS be, feel, look | become, get | make sb He studied her in a way that made her very self-conscious.

ADV. acutely, highly, horribly, painfully, very | a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat

PREP. about He started to get self-conscious about his weight.

OLT
self-conscious adj.
⇨ embarrassed
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
self-conscious
\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
1.
 a. : conscious of one's own acts or states as belonging to or originating in oneself : aware of oneself as an individual that experiences, desires, and acts
  < not only thinks, but he knows himself as thinking … is not only conscious, but he is self-conscious — Rufus Jones >
 b. : intensely aware of oneself or itself :
conscious
:
deliberate

  < have been very self-conscious about their roles as guardians of the social values — D.M.Potter >
  < this highly self-conscious poetical prose — Times Literary Supplement >
2. : uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others : ill at ease
 < wondered if there would ever be a time in his life when he could be untidy without being self-conscious about it — Jean Stafford >
self-consciously \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adverb

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