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self-image
[ self-im-ij ]
noun
- the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.
self-image
noun
- one's own idea of oneself or sense of one's worth
Word History and Origins
Origin of self-image1
Example Sentences
Trump, who revels in sadistic fantasies and disparaging his enemies with crude nicknames and descriptions and making threats against them may decide he's been vindicated and can find some comfortable way, the psychological term would be an “ego syntonic” way, to integrate this into his self-image.
“In recent years, many tech elites have shrugged off the idealism once central to Silicon Valley’s self-image, in favor of a more corporate and transactional approach to politics,” the Washington Post gingerly reported after the election.
For Trump, this mythical fraud serves to vindicate his self-image as a defender of American democracy, who’s sometimes forced to ask election officials to find him several thousand votes.
For Trump, the myth of voter fraud vindicates his self-image as a defender of American democracy, who is sometimes forced to ask election officials to find him several thousand votes.
There’s a gap between America’s self-image as a country founded on the idea of individual liberty and the horrific reality of slavery.
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