self-image

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.77 in modern English

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noun

A person's own view of themselves and their own character and worth.

Countable; Uncountable

"In other words, there is a discrepancy between her experiences and her self-image."
"It’s to realize that Moon Frye, by cheerfully surveilling her own life, and those first Real Worlders, by agreeing to the constant presence of producers and cameras, were the harbingers of today’s culture, in which self-image is shaped in the expectation of a lens and personhood collates with brand identity."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English image English self-image From self- + image.

self-images (plural) self image (alternative)

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A person's own view of themselves and their own character and worth.

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