self-image
[self-im-ij]
- the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.
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Origin of self-image
First recorded in 1950–55
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Contemporary Examples
In Warhol it found its self-image, ready-made for idolatry and mockery.
This, surely, has had a corrosive effect on Tejpal and his self-image.
The daddy party cherishes its self-image as the party of toughness, of self-reliance, of up-by-the-bootstraps fortitude.
It was an impossible expectation, and one that would catastrophically cloud his self-image.
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When he reached out to me, I realized that it had been hovering over me and my self-image for over a decade.
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Historical Examples
Is it important to your self-image what other people think of you?
When You Don't Know Where to TurnSteven J. Bartlett
self-image
- one's own idea of oneself or sense of one's worth
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Word Origin and History for self-image
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self-image
- The conception that one has of oneself, including an assessment of qualities and personal worth.
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