unselfconsciousness
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8.2
- noun
- /ˌʌnˌsɛlfˈkɒnʃəsnəs/
:
desinhibición
- The children's laughter and carefree playing showed a beautiful unselfconsciousness that adults often lose.
Examples
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I'm reluctant to teach my boys (4 and 2) about not being nude in public because I love their unselfconsciousness.
Blog text (26) -
We can only hope to collide with these moments of unselfconsciousness.
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The idea of unselfconsciousness floated like a party balloon in the back.
Fiction book (2002) -
What makes Aklog's book endearing to me is its unselfconsciousness and honesty.
Blog text (2) -
During the dance, her movements were filled with unselfconsciousness, making her performance truly captivating.
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He approached the situation with a sense of unselfconsciousness, unaware of how others might perceive his actions.
Synonyms
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5.4
Not knowing or noticing something
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6.1
A state of not feeling worried or interested about something
Not being aware of a fact or change
Antonyms
How Self-Conscious
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Surface Forms
Morphology
unselfconsciousness = unselfconscious (transparent) = un + self + conscious + ness
Formed by adding the suffix '-ness' to 'unselfconscious' (itself transparently 'un-' + 'self-conscious'), so the noun straightforwardly denotes the state of not being self-conscious.
Etymology
Unselfconsciousness breaks into un- ('not'), self ('oneself'), conscious ('aware') and -ness ('a quality'). So it means the 'quality of not being aware of yourself', which is why it describes people who act naturally and without worrying about how others see them.