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self-improvement

self-improvement noun: the following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.

Noun

self-improvement (countable and uncountable, plural self-improvements)

  1. The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.
    • He believes that self-improvement and its growing popularity are symptoms of what he calls individualism.2019 May 2, Nina Avramova, “When you should use self-help programs and when to skip them”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025
  2. The bettering of one's status.
    • In the year 1851 a small group of workmen in the Locomotive Department of the old Midland Railway Company at Derby met for self-improvement, and formed what was then known as a "reading society".1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149
    • Ambition and self-improvement are certainly not negatives, although one potential downside to being more self-conscious—especially for punk bands—is muted urgency.2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2018

self-improvement meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

self-improvement in Tamil

தற் சீர்திருத்தம், முன்னேற்றம்

self-improvement in Vietnamese

following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
tự cải tiến

Synonyms of self-improvement

Forms of self-improvement

pluralself-improvements

Origin of self-improvement

From self- + improvement.

Words formed from self-improvement

Phrases with self-improvement

Questions about self-improvement

What does self-improvement mean?
Self-improvement means the following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.
What is self-improvement in Tamil?
Self-improvement in Tamil is தற் சீர்திருத்தம், முன்னேற்றம். See Self-improvement meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-improvement?
Self-improvement is a noun.
What is the plural of self-improvement?
The plural of self-improvement is self-improvements.

Words near self-improvement in the dictionary

  1. self-imposes
  2. self-imposing
  3. self-impotent
  4. self-improve
  5. self-improved
  6. self-improvement
  7. self-improvements
  8. self-improves
  9. self-improving
  10. self-incompatibility
  11. self-incompatible

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: self-improvement (page history and authors); self-improvement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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