self-image

[self-im-ij]

noun

1. the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.

self-image

noun

1. one's own idea of oneself or sense of one's worth

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-image¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Both L.A. and Orange counties are built upon idealized self-image.

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He couldn’t handle managing his self-image for an audience of thousands.

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On forums for people with NPD, there is a term for what Skidmore is trying to avoid—the shattering of a narcissist’s carefully built self-image, termed a “narcissistic collapse.”

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These downturns would create cracks in anyone’s self-esteem, but for people with NPD, the newly created cognitive dissonance between their self-image and the setback can beget a personality crisis.

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The country’s force de frappe, its nuclear strike force, was crucial to its political self-image, and those weapons required, France claimed, the South Seas testing.

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