Sentence examples for self-misunderstanding from inspiring English sources

To borrow a term Jürgen Habermas employs in a different context, religions may suffer from a "self-misunderstanding" of their own significance.

Asking the individual to write a self-appraisal encourages misunderstanding by both parties.

The history of the Vietnam War is a history of self-deception and misunderstanding.

Vulnerability, then, is the willingness to reveal one's true self and risk misunderstanding, ridicule, and even rejection.

The fact that the risk factors were self reported makes misunderstandings possible.

The reasons for these differences are complex, underpinned by a range of health beliefs and cultural attitudes; in some ethnic sub-groups participation in screening is at odds with cultural norms, and issues such as perceived lack of self-efficacy, cultural misunderstandings, barriers relating to spiritual beliefs and fear of cancer are all significant.

There is a misunderstanding that self-harm is an attempt for death, she says.

Part of the problem, of course, is that happiness just isn't as amusing to watch as frustration, misunderstanding and self-pity.

Much of Parade's End takes place within the heads of its characters: in memory and anticipation, reflection, misunderstanding and self-justification.

They know that its emphasis on "career progression" displays a fundamental misunderstanding of self-employed advocates whose very raison d'être is to avoid the structure of employment.

It reasoned that misrepresentation -- or lack of representation -- of any group of people on-screen can affect self-esteem and social misunderstanding.