self
自我,自,自己,自己的
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Definitions
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plural selves [selvz]. /sɛlvz/.
- : a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality: one's own self.
- : a person's nature, character, etc.: his better self.
- : personal interest.
- : Philosophy. the ego; that which knows, remembers, desires, suffers, etc., as contrasted with that known, remembered, etc.the uniting principle, as a soul, underlying all subjective experience.
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- : being the same throughout, as a color; uniform.
- : being of one piece with or the same material as the rest: drapes with a self lining.
- : Immunology. the natural constituents of the body, which are normally not subject to attack by components of the immune system.
- : Obsolete. same.
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plural selves.
- : myself, himself, herself, etc.: to make a check payable to self.
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- : to self-pollinate.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Both of the tests she took were of the nasal swab variety, although the one she took on campus was self-administered.
A vicious cycle of rejection by others played out in which undercontrolled youngsters never had opportunities to learn social skills and self-control.
Even though what she’s doing is sometimes very self-serving, and sometimes it’s downright menacing, she still has her reasons.
Those crystals provide a nucleation point where the sugar structure — the candy — can self-assemble.
Florida, concerned that it had taken on too much risk, has since scaled back its self-insurance plan.
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.
I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.
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.