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self-conscious

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term self-conscious

Referenced by:
self-consciousness (alternative term)
Tibetan
Sanskrit
Pali
Definition Being so concerned about oneself and what others think of oneself and that one doesn't make any mistakes, that one becomes awkward and cannot act naturally. Often teenagers are like this. They have pimples on their faces and are so self-conscious about them that they think everyone is looking at them.

TRANSLATIONS

German sich übermäßig seiner selbst bewusst / sich übermäßig seiner selbst bewusst (und damit befangen)
French préoccupé de soi
Italian preoccupato di se stesso
Russian озабоченность собой