self-representation

American  

[self-rep-ri-zen-tay-shuhn] / ˌsɛlfˌrɛp rɪ zɛnˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

• self-representations
  plural

1. the act or instance of representing oneself, especially in a court of law.

2. the act or instance of representing in a piece of art a demographic to which you belong.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-representational
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• self-representations
  plural

Example Sentences

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But disappointingly for Frank, the Instagram reel did not catch the attention of the esteemed fashion institute that was currently working on a show about Black male sartorial self-representation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025

Roof’s self-representation and desire to block any evidence potentially portraying him as mentally ill - even if it could have helped him avoid the death penalty - has been a constant part of his case.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 2, 2022

He is representing himself pro se as a non-lawyer in the suit — self-representation that is usually reserved for prisoners or the indigent.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2021

"This is the first convincing evidence of body awareness through the understanding of the consequence of own actions in a species where previously no higher-order self-representation capacity was found."

From Salon ● May 9, 2021

Animated by the spirit of progress, it has continued to enlarge the voting constituency from time to time, thus acknowledging the right of the individual to self-representation.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper

"Presentations should not turn into self-representations," he wrote, in a thinly veiled swipe at Federov's long, detailed news conference last week.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Here players assemble their own avatars — virtual self-representations — by which they interact with others in computer-generated worlds.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2016

It was in the summer of 1835 that these curious self-representations were first obtained.

From The Pencil of Nature by William Henry Fox Talbot