as in self-concept
the way you think about yourself and your abilities or appearance
She has a positive self-image buoyed by her years of success.
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Recent Examples of self-image
This is particularly the case on issues related to Israel’s self-image as a country under constant existential threats, whether from Palestinian terror, Iran, global anti-Semitism, or its own internal enemies such as the left wing or Arab citizens of Israel.
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Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2025
But the peaceful, wholesome self-image of the neighborhood contrasts with two shootings within a several block radius since April.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
Venus enters Leo on August 25th, bringing sweetness to your relationship with money and self-image.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 July 2025
If those photographs, an implicit quest for a self-image, form a kind of question mark, what comes next in the show has the impact of an exclamation mark: a self-portrait from 1950, in which Varda sports the bowl cut that would be a trademark for the rest of her life.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
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Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2025
But the peaceful, wholesome self-image of the neighborhood contrasts with two shootings within a several block radius since April.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
Venus enters Leo on August 25th, bringing sweetness to your relationship with money and self-image.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 July 2025
If those photographs, an implicit quest for a self-image, form a kind of question mark, what comes next in the show has the impact of an exclamation mark: a self-portrait from 1950, in which Varda sports the bowl cut that would be a trademark for the rest of her life.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-image
Noun
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Now her work focuses on how clothing shapes emotional well-being, self-concept, and resilience.—
Virgie Tovar,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Ultimately, McKibben seems unable to imagine an alternative way for modern, secular life to have meaning that is not grounded in a self-concept of hyper-individuality and the false belief that technology does not already mediate every aspect of our existence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The experience also affected her self-perception.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The series explores themes of transformation and self-perception through the lens of Japan’s booming aesthetic medicine sector.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When consumed, the body breaks down the compound into psilocin, an alkaloid that can cause startling visual hallucinations and psychological effects, often including intense introspection.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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Is there anything in all that coastal introspection for an inland audience in Denver, Colorado?—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Self-image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-image. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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