Words similar to self-consciousness

Example sentences for: self-consciousness

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Some critics call the Hollywood self-consciousness about stardom and the price of fame a tad too navel-gazing; most find the movie pretty charming, especially the twangy McConaughey's performance as Ed.
It's not as if all this postmodern self-consciousness amounts to anything new.
His volcanic rages don't have the put-on quality of post- Raging Bull Robert De Niro or the preening self-consciousness of Al Pacino; nor is he a simple-minded bully boy, like Harvey Keitel.
What I don't trust is their ability to convey what it's like simply to have a meal with a loved one or to walk across a street or to wake up from a sound sleep without the self-consciousness that comes from a constant proximity to media.
She politely tells him of her self-consciousness and discomfort at seeing the picture, and he explains to her that, while the photographer and his model are in some ways collaborators, the power, the control, ultimately belongs to the photographer alone.