Timeline for Are "to be unselfconscious" and "to lack self-consciousness" completely synonymous?
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| Jul 6, 2020 at 21:58 | vote | accept | Alessandro Macilenti | ||
| Jul 6, 2020 at 17:06 | answer | added | phhu | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 6, 2020 at 16:48 | comment | added | TaliesinMerlin | At first I was willing to say yes, but I've found fairly neutral-to-positive uses of "lacking self-consciousness" and negative expressions of "being unselfconscious." My best guess is that "lacking self-consciousness" more often refers to lacking a capacity of self-awareness, which may be negative toward adults but could be neutral or descriptive of children who are still developing. "Being unselfconscious" feels like it can refer to humility (lacking excess self-consciousness, rather than lacking the capacity for it), but I've also seen it refer to capacity. Sorry I can't answer better. | |
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| Jul 6, 2020 at 15:13 | history | asked | Alessandro Macilenti | CC BY-SA 4.0 |