self-consciousness has definitions from the field of psychology
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[ noun ] embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

`` Do you suppose his self-consciousness is characteristic of the new Negro professionals or merely of doctors in_general '' ?

Related terms

embarrassment

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[ noun ] (psychology) self-awareness plus the additional realization that others are similarly aware of you
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