Lelkiismeret
Lelkiismeret
Meaning:
conscience
lélek = soul
ismer = to know
literally: the knowing of the soul, to know your soul
Pronunciation:
Example sentences:
Hazudtam, ezért most rossz a lelkiismeretem.
I lied, so I have a bad conscience now.
[Lied-I, therefore now bad the conscience-my.]
A lelkiismeret az ember legbelső igazságérzete.
Conscience is the innermost sense of justice of humans.
[The conscience the human innermost justice-sense.]
Related terms:
igazság – truth
igazságérzet – sense of justice
ismer – to know
kötelességtudó – conscientious, dutiful
lelkiismeretfurdalás – bad conscience (literally: your conscience is gnawing away at you)
lélek – soul
lelkiismeretes – conscientious
magabiztos – self-confident
önismeret – self-knowledge, self-awareness
önmegvalósítás – self realization
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