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
Bandura’s research showed that people tend to reframe or rationalize their actions to protect their self-image, even when the facts suggest otherwise.
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Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
This could be a sobering truth or reality check around your self-image, or a relationship that requires more serious commitment.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The argument went something like this: Yes, Musk hurt the GOP brand and his work in Wisconsin was nothing short of a failure, but his celebrity marries nicely with Trump’s self-image.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
The study results supported other work that found that mirroring self-image on Zoom is the source of some serious self-consciousness.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
This could be a sobering truth or reality check around your self-image, or a relationship that requires more serious commitment.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The argument went something like this: Yes, Musk hurt the GOP brand and his work in Wisconsin was nothing short of a failure, but his celebrity marries nicely with Trump’s self-image.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
The study results supported other work that found that mirroring self-image on Zoom is the source of some serious self-consciousness.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-image
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-image
Noun
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Over a series of four experiments testing self-esteem and self-concept clarity, researchers determined that individuals with low self-esteem had less clarity and certainty in their self-concept, which led to unstable and inconsistent confidence.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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As highlighted in a Harvard Business Review article, working through a professional identity crisis involves redefining your self-concept and aligning it with your aspirations.—
Carrie Anne Yu,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Most frequently, a person's self-perception will not be an accurate reflection of their communication competence.—
Su Bridgman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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His comedy is a shallow-focus lens, rendering every plane of his self-perception in exquisite detail and losing specificity or texture as soon as that lens pans out toward other characters in his story.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Princess of Power offers playful, euphoric pop tinged with deeper introspection about growing older.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2025
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But active, conscious introspection has a dark side: rumination, or getting fixated on a problem and going over it again and again, which can make things worse and trap people in a negative thought spiral.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
2 June 2025
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“Self-image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-image. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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