self-image

[ self-im-ij ]

noun

1. the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.

self-image

noun

1. one's own idea of oneself or sense of one's worth

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-image¹

First recorded in 1950–55

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.

From Salon

“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.

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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.

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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.

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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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