Examples of self-conception in a Sentence
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This creed became his middle son’s inheritance, the core of his self-conception as the uniquely unillusioned defender of the State of Israel.
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David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
Enlarge / Evernote's self-conception of its brain-decluttering powers.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 10 July 2023
If science, coming from outside, tells us that our self-conceptions are confused, so much the worse for them.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
Maybe the sequel to Air can deal with those people who Nike ignores in their self-conception.
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2023
The brutal British crackdown following the Rising had transformed the national mood; there was no place in Ireland’s emerging self-conception for men like Willie Dunne.
—Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
Enlarge / Evernote's self-conception of its brain-decluttering powers.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 10 July 2023
If science, coming from outside, tells us that our self-conceptions are confused, so much the worse for them.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
Maybe the sequel to Air can deal with those people who Nike ignores in their self-conception.
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2023
The brutal British crackdown following the Rising had transformed the national mood; there was no place in Ireland’s emerging self-conception for men like Willie Dunne.
—Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near self-conception
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“Self-conception.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-conception. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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