Self

[self] or [sɛlf]

Definition

(noun.) your consciousness of your own identity.

(noun.) a person considered as a unique individual; 'one's own self'.

(adj.) (used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self; 'self-knowledge'; 'self-proclaimed'; 'self-induced' .

Typist: Ronald--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Same; particular; very; identical.

(n.) The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality.

(n.) Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.

(n.) Personification; embodiment.

Editor: Megan

Definition

n. one's own person: one's personal interest: one's own personal interest selfishness: a flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated:—pl. Selves (selvz).—adj. very: particular: one's own: simple plain unmixed with any other.—ns. Self′-aban′donment disregard of self; Self′-abase′ment abasement through consciousness of unworthiness.—adj. Self′-absorbed′ absorbed in one's own thoughts.—ns. Self′-abuse′ the abuse of one's own person or powers: self-pollution; Self′-accusā′tion the act of accusing one's self.—adjs. Self′-accus′atory; Self′-act′ing acting of or by itself specially denoting a machine or mechanism which does of itself something that is ordinarily done by manual labour.—n. Self′-activ′ity an inherent power of acting.—adj. Self′-adjust′ing requiring no external adjustment.—n. Self′-admis′sion (Shak.) admission of one's self.—n.pl. Self′-affairs′ (Shak.) one's own affairs.—adjs. Self′-affect′ed (Shak.) affected well towards one's self; Self′-affright′ed (Shak.) frightened at one's self.—n. Self′-applause′ applause of one's self.—adjs. Self′-appoint′ed nominated by one's self; Self′-approv′ing implying approval of one's own conduct; Self′-assert′ing given to asserting one's opinion: putting one's self forward.—n. Self′-asser′tion.—adj. Self′-assumed′ assumed by one's own act.—n. Self′-assump′tion conceit.—adj. Self′-begot′ten generated or originated by one's own powers.—n. Self′-bind′er the automatic binding apparatus attached to some reaping-machines.—adj. Self′-blind′ed led astray by one's self.—n. Self′-blood′ (obs.) direct progeny: suicide.—adj. Self′-born′ born or produced by one's self.—n. Self′-boun′ty (Shak.) native goodness.—adj. Self′-cen′tred centred in self.—n. Self′-char′ity (Shak.) love of one's self.—adjs. Self′-clō′sing shutting automatically; Self′-collect′ed self-possessed: self-contained; Self′-col′oured of the natural colour: dyed in the wool: coloured with a single tint: (hort.) uniform in colour.—ns. Self′-command′ self-control; Self′-complā′cency satisfaction with one's self or with one's own performances.—adj. Self′-complā′cent pleased with one's self: self-satisfied.—n. Self′-conceit′ an over-high opinion of one's self one's own abilities &c.: vanity.—adj. Self′-conceit′ed having a high opinion of one's self of one's own merits abilities &c.: vain.—ns. Self′-conceit′edness; Self′-condemnā′tion condemnation by one's own conscience: a self-condemning.—adjs. Self′-condemned′; Self′-condemn′ing.—n. Self′-con′fidence confidence in or reliance on one's own powers: self-reliance.—adj. Self′-con′fident confident of one's own powers: in the habit of relying on one's own powers.—adv. Self′-con′fidently.—adj. Self′-confī′ding relying on one's own powers.—n. Self′-congratulā′tion the act of felicitating one's self.—adjs. Self′-con′jugate conjugate to itself; Self′-con′scious conscious of one's acts or states as originating in one's self: conscious of being observed by others.—n. Self′-con′sciousness the act or state of being self-conscious: consciousness of being observed by others.—adj. Self′-consid′ering considering in one's own mind deliberating.—n. Self′-consist′ency consistency with one's self or principles.—adjs. Self′-consist′ent; Self′-con′stituted constituted by one's self; Self′-consū′ming consuming one's self or itself: Self′-contained′ wrapped up in one's self reserved: of a house not approached by an entrance common to others: complete in itself.—ns. Self′-contempt′ contempt for one's self; Self′-content′ self-complacency; Self′-contradic′tion the act or fact of contradicting one's self: a statement of which the terms are mutually contradictory.—adj. Self′-contradict′ory.—n. Self′-control′ control or restraint exercised over one's self: self-command.—adj. Self′-convict′ed convicted by one's own inner consciousness or avowal.—n. Self′-convic′tion.—adjs. Self′-correspond′ing corresponding to itself; Self′-cov′ered clothed in one's native semblance.—ns. Self′-creā′tion the act of coming into existence by the vitality of one's own nature; Self′-crit′icism criticism of one's self; Self′-cult′ure culture or education of one's self without the aid of teachers; Self′-dān′ger (Shak.) danger from one's self; Self′-deceit′ deception respecting one's self; Self′-deceiv′er one who deceives himself; Self′-decep′tion the act of deceiving one's own self; Self′-defence′ the act of defending one's own person property &c. (Art of self-defence boxing pugilism); Self′-delā′tion accusation of one's self; Self′-delū′sion delusion respecting one's self; Self′-denī′al the denial of one's self: the non-gratifying of one's own appetites or desires.—adj. Self′-deny′ing.—adv. Self′-deny′ingly.—n. Self′-depend′ence reliance on one's self.—adj. Self′-depend′ent.—n. Self′-depreciā′tion depreciation of one's self.—adj. Self′-deprē′ciātive.—ns. Self′-despair′ a despairing view of one's prospects &c.; Self′-destruc′tion the destruction of one's self: suicide.—adj. Self′-destruc′tive.—n. Self′-determinā′tion determination by one's self without extraneus impulse.—adjs. Self′-deter′mined; Self′-deter′mining.—n. Self′-devel′opment spontaneous development.—adj. Self′-devō′ted.—n. Self′-devō′tion self-sacrifice.—adj. Self′-devour′ing devouring one's self.—ns. Self′-dispar′agement disparagement of one's self; Self′-dispraise′ censure of one's self; Self′-distrust′ want of confidence in one's own powers.—adjs. Self′-ed′ucated educated by one's own efforts alone; Self′-elect′ive having the right to elect one's self.—n. Self-end′ (obs.) an end for one's self alone.—adj. Self′-endeared′ self-loving.—ns. Self′-enjoy′ment internal satisfaction; Self′-esteem′ the esteem or good opinion of one's self; Self′-estimā′tion; Self′-ev′idence.—adj. Self′-ev′ident evident of itself or without proof: that commands assent.—adv. Self′-ev′idently.—ns. Self′-evolū′tion development by inherent power; Self′-exaltā′tion the exaltation of self; Self′-exam′inant one who examines himself; Self′-examinā′tion a scrutiny into one's own state conduct &c. esp. with regard to one's religious feelings and duties; Self′-exam′ple one's own example.—adj. Self′-ex′ecuting needing no legislation to enforce it.—n. Self′-exist′ence.—adjs. Self′-exist′ent existing of or by himself or itself independent of any other cause; Self′-explan′atory obvious bearing its meaning in its own face.—n. Self′-explicā′tion the power of explaining one's self.—adjs. Self-faced′ undressed or unhewn; Self-fed′ fed by one's self.—n. Self′-feed′er a self-feeding apparatus.—adj. Self′-feed′ing feeding automatically.—ns. Self′-fertilisā′tion; Self′-fertil′ity ability to fertilise itself.—adjs. Self′-fig′ured figured or described by one's self; Self′-flatt′ering judging one's self too favourably.—n. Self′-flatt′ery indulgence in reflections too favourable to one's self.—adjs. Self′-foc′using focusing without artificial adjustment; Self′-forget′ful devoted to others and forgetful of one's own interests.—adv. Self′-forget′fully.—adjs. Self′-gath′ered wrapped up in one's self; Self-glazed′ covered with glass of a single tint; Self′-glō′rious springing from vainglory or vanity: boastful; Self′-gov′erning.—ns. Self′-gov′ernment self-control: government by the joint action of the mass of the people: democracy; Self′-gratulā′tion congratulation of one's self.—adj. Self′-harm′ing injuring one's self.—n. Self-heal′ prunella: the burnet saxifrage.—adj. Self′-heal′ing having the power of healing itself.—ns. Self-help′ working for one's self; Self′hood existence as a separate person: conscious personality.—adj. Self′-ī′dolised regarded with extreme complacency by one's self.—n. Self′-import′ance a high estimate of one's own importance: egotism: pomposity.—adjs. Self′-import′ant; Self′-imposed′ taken voluntarily on one's self; Self′-im′potent (bot.) unable to fertilise itself.—n. Self′-indul′gence undue gratification of one's appetites or desires.—adj. Self′-indul′gent.—n. Self′-infec′tion infection of the entire organism from a local lesion.—adj. Self′-inflict′ed inflicted by one's self.—n. Self′-in′terest private interest: regard to one's self.—adj. Self′-in′terested.—n. Self′-involū′tion mental abstraction.—adjs. Self′-involved′ wrapped up in one's self; Self′ish chiefly or wholly regarding one's own self: void of regard to others (Selfish theory of morals the theory that man acts from the consideration of what will give him the most pleasure).—adv. Self′ishly.—ns. Self′ishness; Self′ism; Self′ist; Self′-justificā′tion justification of one's self.—adjs. Self′-kin′dled kindled of itself; Self′-know′ing knowing of one's own self: possessed of self-consciousness.—n. Self′-knowl′edge the knowledge of one's own character abilities worth &c.—adjs. Self-left′ left to one's self; Self′less having no regard to self unselfish.—ns. Self′lessness freedom from selfishness; Self-life′ a life only for one's own gratification.—adjs. Self′-like exactly similar; Self′-lim′ited (path.) tending to spontaneous recovery after a certain course.—n. Self-love′ the love of one's self: tendency to seek one's own welfare or advantage: desire of happiness.—adjs. Self′-lov′ing full of self-love; Self′-lum′inous possessing the property of emitting light; Self-made′ made by one's self; denoting a man who has risen to a high position from poverty or obscurity by his own exertions.—ns. Self′-mas′tery self-command: self-control; Self′-met′tle (Shak.) mettle or spirit which is natural to one and not artificially inspired; Self′-mō′tion spontaneous motion.—adj. Self-moved′ moved spontaneously from within.—ns. Self′-mur′der the killing of one's self: suicide; Self′-mur′derer; Self′-neglect′ing (Shak.) the neglecting of one's self; Self′ness egotism: personality; Self′-offence′ one's own offence; Self′-opin′ion the tendency to form one's own opinion irrespective of that of others.—adjs. Self′-opin′ionated obstinately adhering to one's own opinion; Self′-orig′inating springing from one's self.—ns. Self′-partial′ity overestimate of one's own worth; Self′-percep′tion the faculty of immediate perception of the soul by itself.—adjs. Self′-perplexed′ perplexed by one's own thoughts; Self′-pī′ous hypocritical.—n. Self′-pit′y pity for one's self.—adjs. Self-pleached′ (Tenn.) interwoven by natural growth; Self′-pleas′ing gratifying one's own wishes; Self-poised′ kept well balanced by self-respect.—n. Self′-pollū′tion self-abuse masturbation.—adj. Self′-possessed′ calm or collected in mind or manner: undisturbed.—ns. Self′-posses′sion the possession of one's self or faculties in danger: calmness; Self-praise′ the praise of one's self; Self′-preservā′tion the preservation of one's self from injury &c.—adjs. Self′-preser′vative Self-preser′ving.—ns. Self-pride′ self-esteem; Self′-prof′it self-interest.—adj. Self′-prop′agating propagating one's self or itself.—ns. Self′-protec′tion self-defence; Self′-realisā′tion the attainment of such development as one's mental and moral nature is capable of.—adjs. Self′-recip′rocal self-conjugate; Self′-record′ing making as an instrument a record of its own state.—n. Self′-regard′ regard for one's own self.—adjs. Self′-regard′ing; Self′-reg′istering registering itself: denoting an instrument or machine having a contrivance for recording its own operations; Self′-reg′ulated regulated by one's self or itself; Self′-reg′ulating regulating itself; Self′-reg′ulative.—n. Self′-relī′ance reliance on one's own abilities.—adj. Self′-relī′ant.—n. Self′-renunciā′tion self-abnegation.—adj. Self′-repel′ling repelling by its own inherent power.—ns. Self′-repres′sion the keeping of one's self in the background; Self′-reproach′ the act of reproaching or condemning one's self.—adj. Self′-reproach′ing reproaching one's self.—adv. Self′-reproach′ingly.—n. Self′-reproof′ the reproof of one's own conscience.—adjs. Self′-reprov′ing reproving one's self from conscious guilt; Self′-repug′nant self-contradictory: inconsistent.—n. Self′-respect′ respect for one's self or one's character.—adjs. Self′-respect′ful; Self′-respect′ing; Self′-restrained′ restrained by one's own will.—ns. Self′-restraint′ a restraint over one's appetites or desires: self-control; Self′-rev′erence great self-respect.—adjs. Self′-rev′erent; Self′-right′eous righteous in one's own estimation: pharisaical.—n. Self′-right′eousness reliance on one's supposed righteousness: sense of one's own merit or goodness esp. if overestimated.—adjs. Self′-right′ing that rights itself when capsized; Self′-rolled′ coiled on itself.—n. Self′-sac′rifice the act of yielding up one's life interests &c. for others.—adjs. Self′-sac′rificing yielding or disposed to yield up one's life interests &c.; Self′-same the very same.—ns. Self′-same′ness sameness as regards self or identity; Self′-satisfac′tion satisfaction with one's self.—adjs. Self′-sat′isfied satisfied with the abilities performances &c. of one's self; Self′-sat′isfying giving satisfaction to one's self.—ns. Self-scorn′ a mood in which one entertains scorn for a former mood of self; Self′-seek′er one who looks only to his own interests.—adj. Self′-seek′ing seeking unduly one's own interest or happiness.—n. the act of doing so.—adj. Self′-shin′ing self-luminous.—n. Self′-slaugh′ter (Shak.) the slaughter of one's self: suicide.—adjs. Self′-slaugh′tered killed by one's self; Self′-ster′ile (bot.) unable to fertilise itself; Self-styled′ called by one's self: pretended; Self′-subdued′ (Shak.) subdued by one's own power; Self′-substan′tial (Shak.) composed of one's own substance.—n. Self′-suffi′ciency.—adjs. Self′-suffi′cient confident in one's own sufficiency: haughty: overbearing; Self′-suffic′ing.—ns. Self′-sugges′tion determination by causes inherent in the organism; Self′-support′ the maintenance of one's self.—adjs. Self′-support′ed; Self′-support′ing.—n. Self′-surren′der the yielding up of one's self to another.—adj. Self′-sustained′ sustained by one's own power.—ns. Self′-sus′tenance self-support; Self-sustentā′tion.—adjs. Self′-taught taught by one's self; Self′-think′ing forming one's own opinions: of independent judgment; Self′-tor′turable (Shak.) capable of being tortured by one's self.—ns. Self′-tor′ture; Self-trust′ self-reliance; Self-view′ regard for one's own interest; Self′-vī′olence violence inflicted upon one's self; Self-will′ obstinacy.—adj. Self-willed′ governed by one's own will.—ns. Self′-willed′ness; Self′-wor′ship the idolising of one's self; Self′-wor′shipper; Self-wrong′ (Shak.) wrong done by a person to himself.—Be beside one's self (see Beside); Be one's self to be in full possession of one's powers; By one's self or itself apart alone: without aid of another person or thing.

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