self-concept
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of self-concept
First recorded in 1890–95; self- ( def. ) + concept ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Changes in interest and self-concept are also associated with each other.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2024
Whitaker also credits the show’s wardrobe department with tailoring a sartorial identity befitting the gangster’s self-concept.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
How we talk about maturity and adulthood—and the evidence we use to support that—has real-world consequences for our behavior and self-concept.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2022
Executive producer Stefani Robinson wrote that finale, also called "Tarrare," with an eye on looking at Van's self-concept in relationship to Glover's Earn, with whom Van shares a young daughter, Lottie.
From Salon ● May 21, 2022
They resuscitated a self-concept that languished each day in being cognizant of her own babbling in this north-of-the-border language.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
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