"self-knowledge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛlfˌnɒl.ɪdʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɛlfˌnɑl.ɪdʒ/ [General-American]
enPR: nŏl′ij [General-American] Etymology: self- + knowledge Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|knowledge}} self- + knowledge Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} self-knowledge (uncountable)
  1. Knowledge or insight into one's own nature and abilities. Wikipedia link: self-knowledge Tags: uncountable Translations (knowledge or insight into one's own nature and abilities): ինքնաճանաչում (inkʿnačanačʿum) (Armenian), ինքնաճանաչողություն (inkʿnačanačʿoġutʿyun) (Armenian), autoconeixement [masculine] (Catalan), 自知之明 (zìzhīzhīmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), sebereflexe [feminine] (Czech), zelfkennis [feminine] (Dutch), Selbsterkenntnis [feminine] (German), önismeret (Hungarian), féinaithne [feminine] (Irish), féinfhios [masculine] (Irish), autoconoscenza [feminine] (Italian), hene-enney [feminine] (Manx), samowiedza [feminine] (Polish), самопозна́ние (samopoznánije) [neuter] (Russian), självkännedom [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "sense": "knowledge or insight into one's own nature and abilities",
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