self-image
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of self-image
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Yet Bengal - argumentative and steeped in a self-image of cultural exceptionalism - remained stubbornly resistant.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Like their hero, the only masculine strength they seem interested in is the kind performed for cameras, far away from real-world challenges that might easily defeat their self-image as the mightiest of men.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
The battle was won partly by the leadership prowess of an individual, Themistocles, but mainly by the strength—physical and political—of the demos, an achievement that sustained the Athenian self-image through the Golden Age.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Okwuego said “fixing the smiles” of her patients is a privilege and boosts their self-image, which can help “when they’re trying to get jobs.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026
The Amsterdam Town Hall reflects the confident and secular self-image of seventeenth-century Holland.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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