Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The conception that one has of oneself, including an assessment of qualities and personal worth.
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- noun The way a person views
themself .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the line should be drawn when candidates rewrite history in order to protect or enhance their own self-image, which isn't based on the truth.
Barbra Streisand: Where Is the Fourth Estate When You Need Them? Barbra Streisand 2012
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But the line should be drawn when candidates rewrite history in order to protect or enhance their own self-image, which isn't based on the truth.
Barbra Streisand: Where Is the Fourth Estate When You Need Them? Barbra Streisand 2012
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But the line should be drawn when candidates rewrite history in order to protect or enhance their own self-image, which isn't based on the truth.
Barbra Streisand: Where Is the Fourth Estate When You Need Them? Barbra Streisand 2012
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But the line should be drawn when candidates rewrite history in order to protect or enhance their own self-image, which isn't based on the truth.
Barbra Streisand: Where Is the Fourth Estate When You Need Them? Barbra Streisand 2012
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But the line should be drawn when candidates rewrite history in order to protect or enhance their own self-image, which isn't based on the truth.
Barbra Streisand: Where Is the Fourth Estate When You Need Them? Barbra Streisand 2012
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This risk is separate from the chances that a woman, if unfamiliar with heels, may topple sideways and twist an ankle or bruise her self-image, which is an acute injury and happened to me only the one time.
NYT > Home Page By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS 2012
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They can even upset countries whose self-image can clash with the truth.
Kati Marton: Facts Are a Dictator's Worst Enemy; and a Journalist's Best Friend Kati Marton 2011
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They can even upset countries whose self-image can clash with the truth.
Kati Marton: Facts Are a Dictator's Worst Enemy; and a Journalist's Best Friend Kati Marton 2011
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This is an interesting point that cannot be ignored, and it is especially applicable to individuals with eating disorders or an unhealthy and unrealistic self-image.
The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011
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Caught between a grandiose self-image and a lack of administrative ability, he relied on aggressive rhetoric because he knew no other way to build support, and ended up a hostage not so much of his surroundings as of his own limitations.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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