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
Again and again, the band falls (petulantly, peevishly, with English accents and English swear words) into the gap between its bombastic self-image and the facts on the ground, the dwindling ticket sales and tiny sandwiches and spontaneously combusting drummers.
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Rehmeier’s regular cinematographer Jean-Philippe Bernier brings an appropriate warmth to the film’s visual palette, generating a dreamlike tone to the imagery befitting the protagonists’ self-image.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
The Reprogramming System – Addressing limiting beliefs and emotional patterns around food and self-image that sabotage progress.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
In recent years, Acura has grappled with its self-image.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Rehmeier’s regular cinematographer Jean-Philippe Bernier brings an appropriate warmth to the film’s visual palette, generating a dreamlike tone to the imagery befitting the protagonists’ self-image.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
The Reprogramming System – Addressing limiting beliefs and emotional patterns around food and self-image that sabotage progress.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
In recent years, Acura has grappled with its self-image.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 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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Afterward, they were asked to rate their self-perception of their skill at Dutch, with the Dutch speakers offering independent observer ratings.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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The experience also affected her self-perception.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The film follows a [young man] navigating life on the fringes of society in coastal Britain, balancing harsh realism with poetic introspection.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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That level of introspection can, at times, conflict with an industry more concerned with packaging and selling, and that tension has informed the way UMI moved inside and outside of the label system for the past decade.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Self-image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-image. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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