Dictionary Definition
self adj
1 combining form; oneself or itself;
"self-control"
2 used as a combining form; relating to--of or by
or to or from or for--the self; "self-knowledge";
"self-proclaimed"; "self-induced"
Noun
1 your consciousness of your own identity [syn:
ego]
2 a person considered as a unique individual;
"one's own self" [also: selves (pl)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Adjective
- same
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- 1605: I am made of that self mettle as my sister — William Shakespeare, King Lear I.i
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Related terms
- the personal pronouns: myself, ourselves, yourself, thyself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves.
- the indefinite pronouns: oneself, ones self.
- selfsame
Translations
- Chinese Characters: 自 (zì)
- Crimean Tatar: özü
- Dutch: zelf
- Finnish: itse ^
- German: Selbst
- Ido: ipsa
- Irish: féin
- Italian: stesso
- Japanese: 自身 (じしん, jíshin)
- Korean: 자신 (jasin), 자기자신 (jagijasin)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: خۆ
- Norwegian: selv
- Russian: себя
- Spanish: yo italbrac psychology, ser italbrac psychology
- Swedish: själv
Maltese
Noun
selfOld English
Pronoun
self- self
Extensive Definition
The self is the individual person, from his or her own
perspective. To you, self is you. To someone else, self is that
person.
The following list of topics is provided as an
overview of and introduction to the self:
portalpar Personal
life
Essence of oneself
- Main articles: Self (philosophy), Self (psychology), and Self (sociology)
- Body
- Brain / Mind / Intelligence
- Character
- Experience
- Gender
- Human
- Human condition
- Identity
- Person
- Personality
- Skill
- Virtue
- Wisdom
Self constructs
- Individual
- Personal identity
- Personality
- Personal name
- Self-awareness
- Self-concept
- Self-consciousness
- Self-identity
- Self-image
- Self-ownership
- Self-perception
- Self-realization
- Self-worth
Stages of life
- 1. Infancy
- 2. Childhood
- 3. Adolescence
- 4. Adulthood
- 5. Middle age
- 6. Old age
- 2. Childhood
Major life events
- 1. Birth
- 2. Primary school
- 3. Graduation
- 4. Coming of age
- 5. Employment
- 6. Marriage
- 7. Parenthood
- 8. Retirement
- 9. Death
- 2. Primary school
Individual rights
- Main articles: Human rights, Individual rights, and Personal rights
You have:
- security rights that protect people against crimes such as murder, massacre, torture and rape
- liberty rights that protect freedoms in areas such as belief and religion, association, assembling and movement
- political rights that protect the liberty to participate in politics by expressing themselves, protesting, voting and serving in public office
- due process rights that protect against abuses of the legal system such as imprisonment without trial, secret trials and excessive punishments
- equality rights that guarantee equal citizenship, equality before the law and nondiscrimination
- welfare rights (also known as economic or social rights) that require the provision of education and protections against severe poverty and starvation
- group rights that provide protection for groups against ethnic genocide and for the ownership by countries of their national territories and resources
Personality traits
- Main articles: Big Five personality traits and Trait theory''
Vices
Self-actualization
Self management
- Autodidacticism (self-education)
- Goal
- Goal setting
- Personal budget
- Personal development
- Personal finance
- Problem solving
- Self-actualization
- Self-assessment
- Self control
- Self-defense
- Self development
- Self-discipline
- Self disclosure
- Self-efficacy
- Self-esteem
- Self help
- Self-interest
- Self-knowledge
- Self monitoring
- Self motivation
- Self-reflection
- Self-regulated learning
- Self-reliance
- Self-sufficiency
- Stress management
- Time management
Self-preservation and self-maintenance
- Enlightened self-interest
- Health
- Housekeeping
- Life extension
- Personal hygiene
- Personal safety
- Physical fitness
- Self-care
- Self-preservation
Personal concepts
- Adolescence
- Adulthood
- Aptitude
- Birth
- Infancy
- Childhood
- Competence (human resources)
- Death
- Diary
- Duty
- Evil
- Failure
- Good
- Freedom (philosophy)
- Freedom (political)
- Hobby
- Home
- Individualism
- Individuality
- Individuation
- Influence
- Intrapersonal communication
- Liberty
- Lifestyle (List)
- Meaning of life
- Parenthood
- Personal homepage
- Personal income
- Personal life
- Personal property
- Personal space
- Personal time
- Possession
- Privacy
- Reputation
- Self talk
- Self-worth
- Sex
- Sexuality
- Success
- Taste (aesthetics)
- Taste (sociology)
- Thought
- Virtue
Harmful traits and practices
- Abjection
- Crime
- Self-abasement
- Self-abuse
- Self-criticism
- Self-deception
- Self-deprecation
- Self-denial
- Self harm
- Self-hatred
- Self-immolation
- Self-loathing
- Self propaganda
- Self-punishment
- Stress
- Suicide
See also
External links
sisterlinks Selfself in Catalan: Jo
self in German: Selbst
self in Italian: Sé (coscienza)
self in Portuguese: Si mesmo
self in Finnish: Itse
self in Tajik: Self
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
I, I myself,
alter, alter ego, alterum, anima, anima humana, atman, ba, better self, breath, breath of life, buddhi, coconscious, collective
unconscious, conscience, conscious self,
death instinct, divine breath, ego, ego ideal, ego-id conflict,
ethical self, foreconscious, he, heart, her, herself, him, himself, id, inner man, inner self, it, jiva, jivatma, khu, libidinal energy, libido, manes, me, mind, motive force, my humble self,
myself, nephesh, number one, oneself, other self, ourselves, persona, personality, pleasure
principle, pneuma,
preconscious,
primitive self, psyche,
psychic apparatus, purusha, racial unconscious,
ruach, shade, shadow, she, soul, spirit, spiritual being, spiritus, subconscious, subconscious
mind, subconscious self, subliminal, subliminal self,
submerged mind, superego, the self, them, themselves, they, unconscious, unconscious
mind, vital impulse, you,
yours truly, yourself,
yourselves