self-image

[self-im-ij]

noun

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

Origin of self-image

First recorded in 1950–55

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Contemporary Examples of self-image

In Warhol it found its self-image, ready-made for idolatry and mockery.
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Bob Colacello
March 9, 2014
This, surely, has had a corrosive effect on Tejpal and his self-image.
The Fall of India’s Conscience
Tunku Varadarajan
November 25, 2013
The daddy party cherishes its self-image as the party of toughness, of self-reliance, of up-by-the-bootstraps fortitude.
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Michelle Cottle
May 13, 2013
It was an impossible expectation, and one that would catastrophically cloud his self-image.
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November 14, 2012
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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April 13, 2012

Historical Examples of self-image

Is it important to your self-image what other people think of you?
When You Don't Know Where to Turn
Steven J. Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for self-image

self-image

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for self-image

also self-image, 1904 in psychology, from self- + image (n.).

self-image in Medicine

self-image

The conception that one has of oneself, including an assessment of qualities and personal worth.