self-improvement

noun

self-im·​prove·​ment ˌself-im-ˈprüv-mənt 

plural self-improvements

: the act or process of improving oneself by one's own actions

individuals interested in self-improvement

opportunities for self-improvement

also : an instance or result of such improvement

You don't need to wait to ring in the new year to start making self-improvements, because it's always a good time.

—Nicole Yi

—often used before another noun

self-improvement efforts

a self-improvement blog

Examples of self-improvement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That coalition does not need to decide whether a model is approaching recursive self-improvement. — Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Amodei warned in his essay that AI was rapidly improving itself, through a process known as recursive self-improvement, which threatened to outpace humans’ ability to control it. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Recursive self-improvement, or RSI, is when AI itself helps improve the process of building new models, potentially leading to spiralling capability as better systems build better systems and so on. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

Recursive self-improvement is when an AI system is able to build and fix itself, improving its training and design to create a smarter version of its own model. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1654, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-improvement

• improvement
• movement

Kids Definition

self-improvement

noun

self-im·​prove·​ment

ˌsel-ˌfim-ˈprüv-mənt

: improvement of oneself by one's own actions