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SELF
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Irregular inflected form: selves
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Your consciousness of your own identity
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("self" is a kind of...):
consciousness (an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self"):
anima ((Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person considered as a unique individual
Example:
one's own self
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("self" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self"):
number one (a reference to yourself or myself etc.; 'take care of number one' means to put your own interests first)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self
Example:
self-induced
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
self (a person considered as a unique individual)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb self
Context examples:
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Is the patient less affectionate or lacking in emotions when compared to his/her usual self?
(NPI - Less Affectionate or Lacking in Emotions, NCI Thesaurus)
Delightful to gather for one's self—the only way of really enjoying them.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I had left her only the evening before, so fully, so firmly resolved within my self on doing right!
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
And then, before our cheeks were dry, she was back into her old self again.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
All things therefore seemed to point to this; that I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“There spoke your true self,” said he; “and you will find more pleasure in such forgiveness than in any vengeance.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“An altruistic act is an act performed for the welfare of others. It is unselfish, as opposed to an act performed for self, which is selfish.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
A mature lymphocyte whose T cell receptor, a gamma polypeptide chain linked by a disulfide bridge to a delta polypeptide chain, has recognized specific foreign antigens and self MHC antigens.
(Activated Mature Gamma/Delta T-Lymphocyte with a Cytotoxic Phenotype, NCI Thesaurus)
A person's awareness of self with regard to time, place, and personal relationships.
(Orientation, NCI Thesaurus)
