What does self mean?
Definitions for self
sɛlfself
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Princeton's WordNet
self, egonoun
your consciousness of your own identity
selfadjective
a person considered as a unique individual
"one's own self"
selfadjective
(used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self
"self-knowledge"; "self-proclaimed"; "self-induced"
Wiktionary
selfnoun
An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness.
selfpronoun
Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
selfpronoun
Myself.
I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
selfadjective
same
Etymology: selbaz, whence also Old High German selb, Old Norse sjálfr
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SELFpronoun.
plur. selves.
Etymology: silba, Gothick; sylf, sylfa , Sax. self, selve, Dutch.
Shoot another arrow that self way
Which you did shoot the first. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Ven.The cruel ministers, by self and violent hands,
Took off her life. William Shakespeare.On these self hills the air is so thin, that it is not sufficient to bear up the body of a bird. Walter Raleigh.
At that self moment enters Palamon
The gate of Venus. Dryden.Self is that conscious thinking thing, which is sensible or conscious of pleasure and pain, capable of happiness and misery, and so is concerned for itself, as far as that consciousness extends. John Locke.
Next to the knowledge of God, this knowledge of our selves seems most worthy of our endeavour. Matthew Hale.
The fondness we have for self, and the relation which other things have to our selves, furnishes another long rank of prejudices. Isaac Watts.
The spark of noble courage now awake,
And strive your excellent self to excel. Fairy Queen.Since consciousness always accompanies thinking, and it is that that makes every one to be what he calls self, and thereby distinguishes himself from all other thinking things; in this alone consists personal identity, i.e. the sameness of a rational being. John Locke.
It is by the consciousness it has of its present thoughts and actions, that it is self to it self now, and so will be the same self, as far as the same consciousness can extend to actions past or to come. John Locke.
Then held she her tongue, and cast down a self accusing look, finding that in her self she had shot out of the bow of her affection a more quick opening of her mind, than she minded to have done. Philip Sidney.
Alas! while we are wrapt in foggy mist
Of our self-love, so passions do deceive,
We think they hurt when most they do assist. Philip Sidney.’Till Strephon’s plaining voice him nearer drew,
Where by his words his self-like case he knew. Philip Sidney.Ah! where was first that cruel cunning found,
To frame of earth a vessel of the mind,
Where it should be to self-destruction bound? Philip Sidney.Before the door sat self-consuming care,
Day and night keeping wary watch and ward. Fa. Queen.My strange and self-abuse,
Is the initiate fear that wants hard use. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.I have heard so much,
And with Demetrius thought t’ have spoke thereof;
But being over-full of self-affairs,
My mind did lose it. William Shakespeare, Midsum. Night’s Dream.Nor know I aught
By me that’s said or done amiss this night,
Unless self-charity be sometimes a vice,
And to defend ourselves it be a sin,
When violence assails us. William Shakespeare, Othello.He walks, and that self-chain about his neck,
Which he forswore. William Shakespeare.It is in my power, in one self-born hour,
To plant and o’erwhelm custom. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.His treasons will sit blushing in his face,
Not able to endure the sight of day,
But self-affrighted tremble at his sin. William Shakespeare, Rich. II.The stars above us govern our conditions;
Else one self-mate and mate could not beget
Such different issues. William Shakespeare.I’m made of that self-metal as my sister,
And prize me at her worth. William Shakespeare, King Lear.In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft,
I shot his fellow of the self-same flight
The self-same way, with more advised watch,
To find the other forth. William Shakespeare.He may do some good on her:
A peevish self-will’d harlotry it is. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.But lest myself be guilty of self-wrong,
I’ll stop mine ears against the mermaid’s song. William Shakespeare.He conjunct and flatt’ring his displeasure,
Tript me behind: being down, insulted, rail’d,
Got praises of the king,
For him attempting who was self-subdu’d. William Shakespeare.The Everlasting fixt
His canon ’gainst self-slaughter. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.Know if his last purpose hold,
Or whether since he is advis’d by aught
To change the course? He’s full of alteration,
And self-reproving. William Shakespeare, King Lear.More or less to others paying,
Than by self-offences weighing;
Shame to him whose cruel striking,
Kills for faults of his own liking! William Shakespeare.Bellona’s bridegroom, lapt in proof,
Confronted him with self-caparisons,
Point against point rebellious, arm ’gainst arm,
Curbing his lavish spirit. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin
As self-neglecting. William Shakespeare, Henry V.Anger is like
A full hot horse, who, being allow’d his way,
Self-mettle tires him. William Shakespeare.His lords desire him to have borne
His bruised helmet and his bended sword
Before him through the city; he forbids it,
Being free from vainness and self-glorious pride. William Shakespeare.You promis’d
To lay aside self-harming heaviness,
And entertain a cheerful disposition. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.In their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Gen. xlix. 6.
The most ordinary cause of a single life is liberty, especially in certain self-pleasing and humorous minds, which are so sensible of every restraint as to think their girdles and garters to be bonds and shackles. Francis Bacon.
Hast thou set up nothing in competition with God; no pride, pleasure, profit, self-love, or self-interest of thy own? Brian Duppa.
Up through the spacious palace passed she,
To where the king’s proudly reposed head,
If any can be soft to tyranny,
And self-tormenting sin, had a soft bed. Richard Crashaw.With a joyful willingness these self-loving reformers took possession of all vacant preferments, and with reluctance others parted with their beloved colleges and subsistence. Izaak Walton.
Repent the sin; but if the punishment
Thou can’st avoid, self-preservation bids. John Milton.Him fast sleeping soon he found,
In labyrinth of many a round self-roll’d. John Milton.Oft times nothing profits more
Than self-esteem, grounded on just and right,
Well manag’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost.Self-knowing, and from thence
Magnanimous, to correspond with heav’n. John Milton.So virtue giv’n for lost,
Deprest and overthrown, as seem’d,
Like that self-begotten bird,
In th’ Arabian woods embost,
That no second knows nor third,
And lay ere while a holocaust,
From out her ashy womb now teem’d. John Milton, Agonist.He sorrows now, repents, and prays contrite,
My motions in him: longer than they move,
His heart I know how variable and vain,
Self-left. John Milton.Seneca approves this self-homicide. George Hakewill.
Thyself from flatt’ring self-conceit defend,
Nor what thou do’st not know, to know pretend. John Denham.Man’s that savage beast, whose mind,
From reason to self-love declin’d,
Delights to prey upon his kind. John Denham.Farewel, my tears;
And my just anger be no more confin’d
To vain complaints, or self-devouring silence. John Denham.They are yet more mad to think that men may go to rest by death, though they die in self-murder, the greatest sin. John Graunt, Bills of Mortality.
Are not these strange self-delusions, and yet attested by common experience? Robert South, Sermons.
If the image of God is only sovereignty, certainly we have been hitherto much mistaken, and hereafter are to beware of making ourselves unlike God, by too much self-denial and humility. Robert South, Sermons.
If a man would have a devout, humble, sin-abhorring, self-denying frame of spirit, he cannot take a more efficacious course to attain it than by praying himself into it. South.
Let a man apply himself to the difficult work of self-examination by a strict scrutiny into the whole estate of his soul. Robert South, Sermons.
A fatal self-imposture, such as defeats the design, and destroys the force of all religion. Robert South, Sermons.
When he intends to bereave the world of an illustrious person, he may cast him upon a bold self-opinioned physician, worse than his distemper, who shall make a shift to cure him into his grave. Robert South, Sermons.
Neglect of friends can never be proved rational, ’till we prove the person using it omnipotent and self-sufficient, and such as can never need any mortal assistance. South.
By all human laws, as well as divine, self-murder has ever been agreed on as the greatest crime. William Temple.
A self-conceited fop will swallow any thing. Roger L'Estrange.
From Atreus though your ancient lineage came;
Yet my self-conscious worth, your high renown,
Your virtue, through the neighb’ring nations blown. Dryd.He has given you all the commendation which his self-sufficiency could afford to any. Dryden.
Below yon sphere
There hangs the ball of earth and water mixt,
Self-center’d and unmov’d. John Dryden, State of Innocence.All these receive their birth from other things,
But from himself the phœnix only springs;
Self-born, begotten by the parent flame
In which he burn’d, another and the same. Dryden.The burning fire that shone so bright,
Flew off all sudden with extinguish’d light,
And left one altar dark, a little space;
Which turn’d self-kindled, and renew’d the blaze. Dryden.Thou first, O king! release the rights of sway;
Pow’r, self-restrain’d, the people best obey. Dryden.Eighteen and nineteen are equal to thirty-seven, by the same self-evidence that one and two are equal to three. John Locke.
A contradiction of what has been said, is a mark of yet greater pride and self-conceitedness, when we take upon us to set another right in his story. John Locke.
I am as justly accountable for any action done many years since, appropriated to me now by this self-consciousness, as I am for what I did the last moment. John Locke.
Each intermediate idea agreeing on each side with those two, it is immediately placed between: the ideas of men and self-determination appear to be connected. John Locke.
This self-existent being hath the power of perfection, as well as of existence in himself; for he that is above, or existeth without, any cause, that is, hath the power of existence in himself, cannot be without the power of any possible existence. Nehemiah Grew, Cosm. Sacr.
Body cannot be self-existent, because it is not self-movent; for motion is not of the essence of body, because we may have a definitive conception of body, abstracted from that of motion: wherefore motion is something else besides body, and something without which a body may be conceived to exist. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol. Sac.
Confidence, as opposed to modesty, and distinguished from decent assurance, proceeds from self-opinion, occasioned by ignorance or flattery. Jeremy Collier, of Confidence.
Bewilder’d I, my author cannot find,
’Till some first cause, some self-existent mind,
Who form’d, and rules all nature, is assign’d. Richard Blackmore.If a first body may to any place
Be not determin’d in the boundless space,
’Tis plain it then may absent be from all,
Who then will this a self-existence call? Richard Blackmore.Shall nature, erring from her first command,
Self-preservation fall by her own hand? George Granville.Low nonsense is the talent of a cold phlegmatick temper: a writer of this complexion gropes his way softly amongst self-contradiction, and grovels in absurdities. Addison.
This fatal hypocrisy and self-deceit is taken notice of in these words, Who can understand his errours? Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
The guilt of perjury is so self-evident, that it was always reckoned amongst the greatest crimes, by those who were only governed by the light of reason. Addison.
Self-sufficiency proceeds from inexperience. Addison.
Men had better own their ignorance than advance doctrines which are self-contradictory. Spectator.
Light, which of all bodies is nearest allied to spirit, is also most diffusive and self-communicative. John Norris.
Thus we see in bodies, the more of kin they are to spirit in subtilty and refinement, the more spreading are they and self- diffusive. John Norris.
God, who is an absolute spiritual act, and who is such a pure light as in which there is no darkness, must needs be infinitely self-imparting and communicative. John Norris.
Every animal is conscious of some individual, self-moving, self-determining principle. Pope and Arbuthn. Mart. Scrib.
Nick does not pretend to be a gentleman: he is a tradesman, a self-seeking wretch. John Arbuthnot, John Bull.
By the blast of self-opinion mov'd,
We wish to charm, and seek to be belov'd. Matthew Prior.Living and understanding substances do most clearly demonstrate to philosophical inquirers the necessary self-existence, power, wisdom, and beneficence of their maker. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
If it can intrinsically stir itself, and either commence or alter its course, it must have a principle of self-activity, which is life and sense. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
This desire of existence is a natural affection of the soul; 'tis self-preservation in the highest and truest meaning. Richard Bentley.
The philosophers, and even the Epicureans, maintained the self-sufficiency of the Godhead, and seldom or never sacrificed at all. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
Matter is not endued with self-motion, nor with a power to alter the course in which it is put: it is merely passive, and must ever continue in that state it is settled in. George Cheyne.
I took not arms, 'till urg'd by self-defence,
The eldest law of nature. Nicholas Rowe, Ambit. Stepmother.His labour and study would have shewn his early mistakes, and cured him of self-flattering delusions. Isaac Watts.
This is not to be done in a rash and self-sufficient manner; but with an humble dependance on divine grace, while we walk among snares. Isaac Watts.
The religion of Jesus, with all its self-denials, virtues, and devotions, is very practicable. Isaac Watts.
I heard in Crete, this island's name;
For 'twas in Crete, my native soil, I came
Self-banish'd thence. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.Achilles's courage is furious and untractable; that of Ajax is heavy and self-confiding. Alexander Pope.
I doom, to fix the gallant ship,
A mark of vengeance on the sable deep;
To warn the thoughtless self-confiding train,
No more unlicens'd thus to brave the main. Alexander Pope.What is loose love? a transient gust,
A vapour fed from wild desire,
A wand'ring self-consuming fire. Alexander Pope.In dubious thought the king awaits,
And self-considering, as he stands, debates. Alexander Pope.By mighty Jove's command,
Unwilling have I trod this pleasing land;
For who self-mov'd with weary wing would sweep
Such length of ocean? Alexander Pope.They who reach Parnassus' lofty crown,
Employ their pains to spurn some others down;
And while self-love each jealous writer rules,
Contending wits become the sport of fools. Alexander Pope.It may be thought that Ulysses here is too ostentatious, and that he dwells more than modesty allows upon his own accomplishments; but self-praise is sometimes no fault. William Broome.
No wonder such a spirit, in such a situation, is provoked beyond the regards of religion or self-conviction. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
Self
The self is an individual person as the object of its own reflective consciousness. Since the self is a reference by a subject to the same subject, this reference is necessarily subjective. The sense of having a self—or self-hood—should, however, not be confused with subjectivity itself. Ostensibly, this sense is directed outward from the subject to refer inward, back to its "self" (or itself). Examples of psychiatric conditions where such "sameness" may become broken include depersonalization, which sometimes occurs in schizophrenia: the self appears different from the subject. The first-person perspective distinguishes self-hood from personal identity. Whereas "identity" is (literally) sameness and may involve categorization and labeling, self-hood implies a first-person perspective and suggests potential uniqueness. Conversely, we use "person" as a third-person reference. Personal identity can be impaired in late-stage Alzheimer's disease and in other neurodegenerative diseases. Finally, the self is distinguishable from "others". Including the distinction between sameness and otherness, the self versus other is a research topic in contemporary philosophy and contemporary phenomenology (see also psychological phenomenology), psychology, psychiatry, neurology, and neuroscience. Although subjective experience is central to self-hood, the privacy of this experience is only one of many problems in the Philosophy of self and scientific study of consciousness.
ChatGPT
self
Self refers to the individual's awareness or perception of oneself as an individual distinct from others, encompassing aspects such as personality, characteristics, attributes, and experiences. It is one's own identity or subject of experience.
Webster Dictionary
Selfadjective
same; particular; very; identical
Selfnoun
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
Selfnoun
hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim
Selfnoun
personification; embodiment
Etymology: [AS. self, seolf, sylf; akin to OS. self, OFries. self, D. zelf, G. selb, selber, selbst, Dan. selv. Sw. sjelf, Icel. sjlfr, Goth. silba. Cf. Selvage.]
Wikidata
Self
Self is an American alternative pop/rock band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee and largely the brainchild of writer, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Matt Mahaffey. The band currently consists of Chris James, Mac Burrus, and Jason Rawlings. Past members include Matt's brother, Mike Mahaffey and Timm Nobles. Matt Mahaffey is proficient in almost all of the instruments that Self uses and plays most of the instruments on the albums; the other members contribute occasional parts on albums and participate in live performances.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Self
self, 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. [A.S. self, seolf, sylf; Dut. zelf, Ger. selbe, Goth. silba.]
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SELF
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Self is ranked #1520 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Self surname appeared 23,595 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 8 would have the surname Self.
88.2% or 20,832 total occurrences were White.
5.5% or 1,300 total occurrences were Black.
2.4% or 588 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.8% or 446 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.3% or 321 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.4% or 109 total occurrences were Asian.
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Rank popularity for the word 'self' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3110
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Rank popularity for the word 'self' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1449
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Rank popularity for the word 'self' in Nouns Frequency: #1162
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of self in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of self in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of self in a Sentence
I can't find a job that pays me enough to be self-sufficient.
I was so self-involved and trying to be a provider that I was n’t aware of Charlie Sheen inclination to being actors, i was doing a show one time, and Emilio Estevez showed up. I thought Emilio Estevez was there to visit me, but Emilio Estevez ’d gotten a part in the same show. The only influence I had on Emilio Estevez was to keep Emilio Estevez name. When Emilio Estevez started out, Emilio Estevez agent was advising Emilio Estevez to change Emilio Estevez name to Charlie Sheen, and Emilio Estevez would n’t do it. And I thank God Emilio Estevez did n’t.
Self-acceptance is how to find peace with one's soul.
As a political outsider, committed conservative, self-made businessman, and demolition expert, I’m running for Congress to wreck the radical Left’s socialist agenda and put America first, from sleeping on a cold, dirt floor to building a successful, multi-million-dollar construction company, I’ve been blessed to live the American Dream. But that same American Dream is under assault by radical Democrats who are hellbent on destroying our country and way of life.
Political networks tend to be self-perpetuating and while I don't believe there has been overt gender discrimination or sexism, the leaders of student government, like the L.A. City Council and the U.S. Senate, tend to support people with whom they've built stronger relationships.
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- نفسArabic
- özüAzerbaijani
- самBelarusian
- SelbstGerman
- yoSpanish
- خودPersian
- itseFinnish
- soi-mêmeFrench
- selsWestern Frisian
- féinIrish
- עצמיHebrew
- स्वयंHindi
- önvalóHungarian
- ipsaIdo
- stessoItalian
- 自我, 自身, 自己Japanese
- өзKazakh
- ಸ್ವಯಂKannada
- 자기자신, 자신Korean
- خۆKurdish
- sui, idemLatin
- patībaLatvian
- whaiaroMāori
- zelfDutch
- selvNorwegian
- si mesmoPortuguese
- себе́, сам, собо́й, себя́Russian
- स्वयंSanskrit
- självSwedish
- స్వీయTelugu
- sariliTagalog
- kendi, özTurkish
- самUkrainian
- 自Chinese
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