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[Dungeons and Dragons] How conscious are most people of the alignment system?

Like, would a paladin consciously think of themselves as being Lawful Good? Would an anarchist specify that people wanting to join their revolution must be Chaotic?
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Unlike a lot of abstract mechanics, alignment is something that can be reliably measured by characters in the world using Detect [Law/Chaos/Good/Evil].  While there's no guarantee that your average peasant would have any knowledge of such things, anyone with some magical aptitude -- Paladins, clerics, any arcane caster -- would at least be vaguely aware of the alignment grid as a concept.