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Meaning of self-recognition | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. The experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.
  2. A recognition made chiefly by oneself; an understanding reached by one's own thought and reflection.
  3. The process by which the immune system distinguishes the body's own cells, DNA, etc. and those of a foreign, possibly pathogenic, agent.

Examples

“Graham therefore insisted that sentencers not deprive juvenile non-homicide offenders "of the opportunity to achieve maturity... and self-recognition of human worth and potential" by sentencing them to die in prison.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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