body image


noun
  1. an intellectual or idealized image of what one's body is or should be like that is sometimes misconceived in such mental disorders as anorexia nervosa.

Origin of body image

1
First recorded in 1930–35

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body image

noun
  1. psychol an individual's concept of his or her own body

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