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

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

Encompassing Africana studies, medieval scholarship, historiography, and philosophy, this book surveys centuries of literature, history, and theology to argue for Africa’s influence on Europe’s self-conception. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026

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

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