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self-image
[ self-im-ij ]
/ ˈsɛlfˈɪm ɪdʒ /
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noun
the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.
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Origin of self-image
First recorded in 1950–55
Words nearby self-image
self-identification,
self-identify,
self-identity,
selfie,
self-ignite,
self-image,
self-immolating,
self-immolation,
self-important,
self-imposed,
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How to use self-image in a sentence
We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
The effort to sterilize his image first began when Epstein hired Los Angeles-based spin doctors Sitrick Co.
I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
Jean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.
British Dictionary definitions for self-image
noun
one's own idea of oneself or sense of one's worth
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Medical definitions for self-image
n.
The conception that one has of oneself, including an assessment of qualities and personal worth.
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