self
noun [C or U] (PERSONALITY) /self/ (plural selves)Definition
C1 the set of someone's characteristics, such as personality and ability, that are not physical and make that person different from other people: The hero of the film finally finds his true self. When I saw them this afternoon they were more like their old/normal selves (= as they were in the past). a sense of selfMind and personalityScience of psychology and psychoanalysis
(Definition of self noun (PERSONALITY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (a) penny for your thoughts idiom
- -minded suffix
- -natured suffix
- alter ego noun
- beauty is only skin deep idiom
- better nature noun
- character noun (QUALITY)
- disposition noun
- Jungian adjective
- mental age noun
- mentality noun
- mind noun
- mindset noun
- nature noun (CHARACTER)
- psych(o)- prefix
- psychoanalysis noun
- psychoanalytic adjective
- reason noun (JUDGMENT)
- subconscious noun
- superego noun
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