Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or an instance of helping or improving oneself without assistance from others.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Working for one's self without assistance from others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of, pertaining to, or useful for the process of developing one's capabilities or solving one's problems.
- noun The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others.
- noun (Law) The right or fact of redressing or preventing wrongs by one's own action without recourse to legal proceedings, as in self-defense, distress, abatement of a nuisance, etc.
- noun developing one's capabilities or solving one's own problems, especially psychological problems, without the assistance of a professional, by independent study or by association with other individuals having similar interests.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the practice of
bettering oneself withoutrelying on theassistance of others. - noun law an act of
redressing orpreventing awrong by one's ownactions rather than throughlegal proceedings
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of helping or improving yourself without relying on anyone else
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Examples
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Here, they're all playing nicely at moguldom and at mentoring, professing a commitment to nurturing talent and using the term "support system" in a way that splits the difference between the jargon of self-help and the language of networking.
Slate Magazine Troy Patterson 2011
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It's a promising thought, but to place this book in the rubric of self-help would be to mistake Kahneman-who lived for several years in Nazi-occupied France-for a benighted optimist.
Slate Articles Daniel Engber 2011
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Talk to your doctor, or call a self-help group such as Alcoholics Anonymous see Resources or check in your local yellow pages.
THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994
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Talk to your doctor, or call a self-help group such as Alcoholics Anonymous see Resources or check in your local yellow pages.
THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994
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Talk to your doctor, or call a self-help group such as Alcoholics Anonymous see Resources or check in your local yellow pages.
THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994
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The 25-year-old's lyric book is a 5,000-word self-help seminar, brimming with affirmation and possibility.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Chris Richards 2011
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While a district may be required to offer remedial support to teachers after a first ineffective rating, this must primarily entail self-help.
NYDN Rss Editorials 2012
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It is benefiting from what the City calls "self-help" measures, which don't depend on the economic climate.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Richard Evans 2011
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Supreme Court orders Google Australia to release details of creators of website labelling self-help guru Jamie McIntyre a 'thieving scumbag' INTERNET giant Google has lost a landmark legal battle that is expected to open the floodgates to online litigation against anonymous online commentators.
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Warren carries a thin Bible as he moves to and from the podium, but never opens it during the sermon, which feels very much like a self-help seminar.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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