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self-betterment

self-betterment noun: the act of making oneself better.

Noun

self-betterment (uncountable)

  1. The act of making oneself better.
    • Before the 1850s, when women figured most prominently in textile employment, the reasons that caused women to seek paid labor—a ne'er-do-well husband, economic distress of the natal family, or a belief that factory work was a road to self-betterment—often precluded their considering an...2010, Susan Cayleff, Wash and Be Healed: The Water-Cure Movement and Women's Health, Temple University Press, page 88
    • Specifically, they recount ideological testimonials that frame ideology in terms of personal growth and self-betterment.2018 September 18, Rebecca Lewis, “Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube”, in Data & Society, archived from the original on 25 May 2022

Origin of self-betterment

From self- + betterment.

Questions about self-betterment

What does self-betterment mean?
Self-betterment means the act of making oneself better.
What part of speech is self-betterment?
Self-betterment is a noun.

Words near self-betterment in the dictionary

  1. self-balancing
  2. self-belief
  3. self-beration
  4. self-betrayal
  5. self-betrayals
  6. self-betterment
  7. self-billing
  8. self-binder
  9. self-binders
  10. self-blended
  11. self-blimped

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