self-portrait

American  

[self-pawr-trit, -treyt, -pohr-, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, -ˈpoʊr-, ˈsɛlf- /

noun

1. a portrait of oneself done by oneself.

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self-portrait British  

noun

1. a portrait one draws or paints of oneself

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Etymology

Origin of self-portrait

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

But yeah, to me it’s kind of a self-portrait.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was a buzz in the room as he stood before Mexican painter Kahlo’s sleeping self-portrait.

From The Wall Street Journal

The show opens with a Warhol self-portrait from 1986—an imposing nearly 7-foot-tall image of the artist in teal, his spiked hair making him seem like another New York icon, Lady Liberty.

From The Wall Street Journal

That self-portrait depicted the artist with a tiny portrait of her muralist husband, Diego Rivera, atop her forehead.

From The Wall Street Journal

He held a picture of the financial world in his head that was radically different from, and less flattering than, the financial world’s self-portrait.

From Literature