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self-image

self-image noun: a person's own view of themselves and their own character and worth.

Noun

self-image (countable and uncountable, plural self-images)

  1. A person's own view of themselves and their own character and worth.
    • In other words, there is a discrepancy between her experiences and her self-image.2008, Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer, Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior, page 411
    • It’s to realize that Moon Frye, by cheerfully surveilling her own life, and those first Real Worlders, by agreeing to the constant presence of producers and cameras, were the harbingers of today’s culture, in which self-image is shaped in the expectation of a lens and personhood collates with brand...2021 March 26, Alexis Soloski, “‘Kid 90’ and the Days When Even Wild TV Teens Had Privacy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2021

Forms of self-image

pluralself-images
alternative formself image

Origin of self-image

From self- + image.

Questions about self-image

What does self-image mean?
Self-image means a person's own view of themselves and their own character and worth.
What part of speech is self-image?
Self-image is a noun.
What is the plural of self-image?
The plural of self-image is self-images.

Words near self-image in the dictionary

  1. self-IDs
  2. self-ignite
  3. self-ignited
  4. self-ignites
  5. self-igniting
  6. self-image
  7. self-images
  8. self-imitate
  9. self-imitated
  10. self-imitates
  11. self-imitating

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