conscious : Idioms & Phrases

adjective satellite (used of society) socially hierarchical
stratified.
- American society is becoming increasingly stratified

adjective satellite aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts
self-aware.
- self-conscious awareness
- self-conscious about their roles as guardians of the social values"- D.M.Potter
adjective satellite excessively and uncomfortably conscious of your appearance or behavior
- self-conscious teenagers
- wondered if she could ever be untidy without feeling self-conscious about it

Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self. "My self-conscious worth." Dryden.
Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious.