self-conception

noun

self-con·​cep·​tion ˌself-kən-ˈsep-shən 

: self-concept

Examples of self-conception in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Part of him wants to aggrandize the country to reflect his own inflated self-conception. — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025

In other words, the goonstate, so central to the subculture’s branding and self-conception, is only rarely attained. — Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

This is in keeping with our flattering self-conception as optimizers and pragmatists. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

And this right to dissent, on moral grounds, is something that Zinn rightfully pinpoints as essential to America’s self-conception. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-conception

• apperception
• contraception
• interception
• misconception
• misperception
• preconception
• conception
• deception
• exception
• inception
• perception
• reception