Definition of Self-recognition
Self-recognition
self-rec·og·ni·tion


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
recognition or acknowledgment of one's own self, self-awareness;

e.g. Many studies have focused on the understanding of how we achieve self-recognition and at what point we remember what we look like.

(noun)
the process by which the immune system can distinguish between the body's own chemicals, cells, and tissues and those that are foreign to it;

e.g. Autoimmune diseases result from a lack of self-recognition as the body mistakenly attacks itself.



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