self-consciousness

2 definitions found

self-consciousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Self-consciousness \Self`-con"scious*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being self-conscious.
     [1913 Webster]

self-consciousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  self-consciousness
      n 1: embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are
           critically aware of you [syn: self-consciousness,
           uneasiness, uncomfortableness]
      2: self-awareness plus the additional realization that others
         are similarly aware of you [ant: unselfconsciousness]