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self-view

self-view noun: one's conceptualization of oneself; sense of identity; self-image.

Noun

self-view (countable and uncountable, plural self-views)

  1. One's conceptualization of oneself; sense of identity; self-image.
    • Modesty, then denotes a moderate self-view—seeing oneself as intermediate, rather than as very positive or very negative, on key personal attributes such as personality traits, abilities and skills, physical appearance, and social behavior. A moderate self-view may be entertained privately or...2011, Constantine Sedikides, Steven J. Spencer, The Self, page 164
    • From this vantage point, it was the personality flaw, rather than the negative self-view, that caused people with negative self-views to embrace negative evaluations and evaluators.2013, Joanne V. Wood, Abraham Tesser, John G. Holmes, The Self and Social Relationships, page 57
  2. (dated) Carefulness or regard for one's own interests.
    • But mark the punishment which did ensue Upon those ill-misleading villanies; They blinded were themselves with their self view, and fell into their own-made miseries;1597, Thomas Middleton, The Wisdom of Solomon Paraphrased
    • nor can I say thet either of them loved without some Self-view. Amelia plainly saw into the Falseness of their Tempers, look'd upon it as a Misfortune to be married into such a Family, and only made this Use of it, to avoid the Crime in herself .1751, Elizabeth Justice, Amelia, Or, the Distress'd Wife, page 34

Examples of self-view in a sentence

  • A moderate self-view may be entertained privately or expressed publicly.2011, Constantine Sedikides, Steven J. Spencer, The Self, page 164:
  • Once an individual establishes a well-articulated self-schema in a particular domain, he generally acts to preserve that self-view.2018, Johnmarshall Reeve, Understanding Motivation and Emotion, page 261:
  • God who knows the Heart, sees that I have no Self-view in these matters.1760 July 1, Dr. William Smith, Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury:
  • Every one has his pet egoistic illusion always under the spotlight of self-view; to him, his own importance is a veritable obsession.1915, Hudson Maxim, Defenseless America, page xiv:

Forms of self-view

pluralself-views

Origin of self-view

From self- + view.

Questions about self-view

What does self-view mean?
Self-view means one's conceptualization of oneself; sense of identity; self-image.
How do you use self-view in a sentence?
A moderate self-view may be entertained privately or expressed publicly.
What part of speech is self-view?
Self-view is a noun.
What is the plural of self-view?
The plural of self-view is self-views.

Words near self-view in the dictionary

  1. self-victimizations
  2. self-victimize
  3. self-victimized
  4. self-victimizes
  5. self-victimizing
  6. self-view
  7. self-views
  8. self-violence
  9. self-waiting table
  10. self-watering
  11. self-weighing

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