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looking-glass self
[ look-ing-glas, -glahs ]
noun
, Sociology.
- the self-image an individual forms by imagining what others think of their behavior and appearance.
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The comparison with a looking-glass self hardly suggests the second element, the imagined judgment, which is quite essential.
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What do you understand Cooley to mean by the looking-glass self?
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