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

In Warhol it found its self-image, ready-made for idolatry and mockery.

From The Daily Beast

This, surely, has had a corrosive effect on Tejpal and his self-image.

From The Daily Beast

The daddy party cherishes its self-image as the party of toughness, of self-reliance, of up-by-the-bootstraps fortitude.

From The Daily Beast

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.

From The Daily Beast

Is it important to your self-image what other people think of you?

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