self-appraisal
Americannoun
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self-appraisals
plural
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an act or instance of appraising or evaluating oneself or one's own performance, character, worth, etc.
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the outcome or content of such an evaluation.
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When Curt Cignetti arrived at Indiana as the latest coach charged with turning around the program with the most losses in college football history, he offered a succinct self-appraisal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
What we saw was a mess, sure, but also a father capable of tenderness and honest self-appraisal who was effortlessly funny.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025
"I didn't feel like I was gassed or dying," said Griner, who offered a withering self-appraisal of her defensive performance.
From Reuters ● May 13, 2023
Grandparent: I appreciate your honesty and lucid self-appraisal.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023
But they do not like for you, in describing them, to imply that their self-appraisal is too high.
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)
Efforts were made to introduce self-appraisals and policies to the school in the mid-1990s.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023
It seems to be best to allow each person who learns about autism spectrum disorders to — based on their own honest self-appraisals — determine for themselves the exact nature of their own neurology.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2023
Unfortunately, such self-appraisals could make them feel more inadequate when comparing themselves with many others who have a very positive self-assessment.
From Scientific American ● May 15, 2023
These turn out to be national self-appraisals in a sweeping poll taken last spring in ten countries by a multinational group of social scientists banded together in Amsterdam as the European Value Systems Study Group.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sitting around Baggs's paper-cluttered desk, candidates often proved hilariously frank in self-appraisals.
From Time Magazine Archive
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