Definition von self im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned)
This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
- An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness
The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious.
- Myself
I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
- same
I am made of that self mettle as my sister.
- {p} one's own person, the very same
- Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim
- {i} one's own person, one's own body; personality, character, identity; self-interest, personal interests of a particular individual
- The part of us that experiences itself as I am Its eternal The part of us thats in all of our past lives Also called spirit Also called the conscious awareness
- pron. one's own individual person; one's own individual identity or personality (myself, yourself, etc.)
- 12/97Dynamic object-oriented language for applications, Sun, 1986-90
- A cat's coat which has the same color all over
- Indivisible life as a whole, One without a second The Self does not change at all Unborn, undying, unmoved, unseen, unheard it simply is
- our sense of personal identity (who we think we are) that is a social product and develops over the life course
- {s} uniform, homogeneous
- (with a small "s"): the ego, personality, or lower mind
- material that is part of an individual organism <ability of the immune system to distinguish ~ from nonself>
- To place pollen from a male flower on a female flower on the same plant; a plant resulting from such pollination Self-pollination, hence 'selfing'
- Expression which refers to receiver Why it's called self? By one account, the receiver is the subject of the sentence where method is the verb, so from the method's standpoint it's itself, though it is strongly suspected that it's the mimic of Smalltalk without deep account -SugHimsi
- The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality
- Same; particular; very; identical
- combining form; oneself or itself; "self-control"
- your consciousness of your own identity a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self" combining form; oneself or itself; "self-control" used as a combining form; relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self; "self-knowledge"; "self-proclaimed"; "self-induced
- cells or organs recognized as not foreign by the immune system
- Self-coloured: Describes a flower with a uniform colour
- Personification; embodiment
- your consciousness of your own identity a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self"
- used as a combining form; relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self; "self-knowledge"; "self-proclaimed"; "self-induced
- The -self words may be used in only two ways
- a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self"
- Pure Awareness without thought and individual identification of any kind
- An iris in one solid colour
- the individual person; the ego; the knower; that which persists through changes in a person
- Determination - ability of an individual or an organization to make decisions concerning issues that affect it
- our true Identity as Son of God; synonymous with Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity, and contrasted with the ego self we made as a substitute for God's creation; used rarely to refer to the Self of God
- (bloom color category)refers to an iris with all petals of one color
- The essential qualities that make a person or a thing distinct from all others
- The name given to the anonymous object used in a navigation expression to identify the starting point of the navigation; the anonymous object assumed to have detected the event or received the message in a statechart
- used as a combining form; relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self; "self-knowledge"; "self-proclaimed"; "self-induced"
- Having its own or a single nature or character, as in color, composition, etc
- your consciousness of your own identity
- Combination of spirit and soul conveniently considered as an entity; spiritsoul
- In determining whether an individual poses a direct threat to others, an individualized assessment should be made based on reasonable judgment That judgment should rely on current medical evidence or the best available objective evidence in order to determine the nature, severity and duration of the risk, the probability of potential injury, and whether reasonable modifications of policies, practices or procedures will mitigate the risk
- pref. to one's own body or person; of one's own body or person; by one's own body or person; from one's own body or person
- Your self is your basic personality or nature, especially considered in terms of what you are really like as a person. You're looking more like your usual self She was back to her old self again
- without addition or change; unmixed; as, a self bow, one made from a single piece of wood; self flower or plant, one which is wholly of one color; self-colored
- A person's self is the essential part of their nature which makes them different from everyone and everything else. I want to explore and get in touch with my inner self. Black Panther Party for Self Defense self defense Self Defense Force self determination self esteem self fertilization self heal self incrimination
- sell
- self control
- the control of oneself; the ability to master one's desires and impulses
- self pity
- Feeling sorry for oneself; being depressed about ones situation
I was sitting in my room, wallowing in self pity, when my favorite TV program came on.
- self pollination
- the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of a plant, of the same species
- self report
- A report of a respondent of a survey or an interview about his internal state or perception, such as of pain, contrasting to measurement using a measuring device and to observations made by other people
- self splicing
- able to splice without the addition of any protein factors
- self-
- of, by, in or with oneself or itself
- self-
- automatic
- self-abasement
- self-punishment in order to atone for some real or imagined wrongdoing
- self-abnegation
- The denial or invalidation of ones own needs, interests, etc. in the sake of another's; the setting aside of self-interest
- self-absorbed
- Overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others
I don't want to call him self-absorbed but he was more concerned with the scratch on his car than the people in the car he hit.
- self-absorption
- preoccupation with oneself to the exclusion of everything else
- self-abuse
- Masturbation
- self-abuse
- To masturbate
- self-abuse
- Self-deception
- self-abuse
- Cutting of oneself
- self-abuser
- One who self-abuses; masturbator
- self-acceptance
- The acceptance of self in spite of weaknesses or deficiencies
- self-addressed
- Addressed to oneself
Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
- self-adjoint
- which is adjoint to itself
- self-advancement
- The promotion of one's own qualities or abilities
- self-aggrandizement
- The act or action of making oneself seem more important. An act of pride or boasting
His attempts at self-aggrandizement made him seem vain, boastful and, ironically, petty.
- self-aggrandizing
- Describing actions intended to make oneself seem more important. Boastful
His self-aggrandizing talk alienated his colleagues who did the work he claimed credit for.
- self-analysis
- Analysis performed on oneself, introspection
Self-analysis of my interactions with others fails because though I understand myself I can't understand others.
- self-assembled
- assembled by self-assembly
- self-assembling
- The art or practice of self-assembly
- self-assembling
- That self-assembles
- self-assembly
- The assembly of a biological or chemical material from a disorganized collection by means of interactions between the components
- self-assembly
- The assembly of a retail product by the customer
- self-assertion
- The aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes
- self-assertive
- determined to advance one's own personality or views
- self-assurance
- The state or quality of being confident in oneself
- self-assured
- confident in one's own abilities
- self-authenticating
- In the law of evidence, a piece of evidence which will automatically be presumed authentic for purposes of admissibility based on the character of the evidence itself. Examples include certified copy of public or business records, official publications of government agencies, and newspaper articles
- self-aware
- Aware of oneself as an individual that exists in the real world
The robot didn't just resemble a human girl, she was self-aware and conscious as well.
- self-awareness
- The state or property of being self-aware
- self-belief
- Trust in one's positive characteristics; self-confidence; self-worth
- self-build
- Supplied in kit form, for construction by the owner
- self-built
- built by oneself, often from commercially available components
- self-centered
- Of a person, egotistically obsessed with themself
- self-centeredness
- concern only for oneself
- self-cleaning
- Describing something, such as an oven, that cleans itself or requires minimal cleaning effort
After cooking the thanksgiving turkey we appreciate the self-cleaning oven as it gets reall hot and burns off the splattered grease...but it does smell funny.
- self-conceit
- Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments; vanity
- self-confessed
- According to a person's own confession or admission
- self-confidence
- The state of being self-confident
- self-confidence
- A measure of one's belief in one's own abilities
- self-confident
- Confident in one's abilities
- self-congratulate
- To congratulate oneself, especially in a self-satisfied manner
- self-congratulation
- self-satisfied congratulation of oneself for one's achievements or situation
- self-conjugate
- of an subatomic particle that is identical to its antiparticle; includes all gauge bosons except the charged W-boson and quarks
- self-conscious
- aware of oneself as an individual being
- self-conscious
- ill at ease socially
- self-conscious
- uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour
- self-consciousness
- Shyness. A feeling of unease in social situations
- self-consciousness
- The awareness of the self as an entity
- self-contained
- Not requiring external or additional support; complete in itself
- self-contempt
- a feeling of contempt for oneself
- self-contradiction
- A statement that contains a contradiction, or a premise from which one could be derived
- self-contradictory
- Of statements that contradict themselves, ultimately logically corrupting the statement
The statement We agree to disagree on everything is self-contradictory.
- self-control
- The ability to control one's desires and impulses; willpower
- self-controlled
- Possessing self-control, having mastery of ones own desires
- self-critical
- Capable of criticizing oneself; able to find mistakes and possibilites for improvement in one's own work
- self-deal
- To deal with oneself
- self-deal
- To engage in dealings favorable to oneself as principal, taking advantage of one's position as fiduciary
- self-deception
- The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious
- self-defeating
- Something, such as a plan or action, which contains elements that will cause it to fail
Cutting off your nose to spite your face is self-defeating.
- self-defense
- the means of defending oneself from physical attack
- self-defense
- the right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, especially when used as justification in a murder charge
- self-delusion
- the act of deluding oneself, or the state of being so deluded
- self-denial
- The act of refusing to recognize unpleasant facts even when presented by one's self
- self-denial
- Taking action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others
- self-denying
- Without concern for ones own advantage; selfless or self-sacrificing
- self-deprecating
- expressing disapproval or being critical of oneself
- self-deprivation
- A deprivation at one's own initiative
Dieting is self-deprivation.
- self-destruction
- The voluntary destruction of something by itself
- self-destructive
- That causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests
- self-determination
- The political independence of a people
- self-determination
- The ability or right to make your own decisions without interference from others
- self-directed
- Directed, independently by oneself without external control or constraint
- self-discipline
- Control of oneself, willpower
- self-disciplined
- Having self-discipline, be in control of one's self and one's actions
- self-distance
- The ability to critically reflect on yourself and your relations from an external perspective
- self-doubt
- The doubting of one's own abilities
- self-drilling screw
- A fastener that taps and drills its own hole during application
- self-dual
- of a proposition that is equivalent to its dual
- self-dual
- of a graph or polyhedron that is the dual of itself
- self-educated
- Of a person, having learned without the direction of a teacher
- self-effacement
- The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility
John likes to remain unnoticed and does so naturally through the self-effacement found in his personality.
- self-effacing
- Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable
His personality was also extremely endearing, his interviews were very self-effacing, he came over as gentle and was generous in his praise of others. (Ian Gillan about Elvis Presley).
- self-effacingly
- The quality of carrying oneself in a humble manner
John is difficult to distinguish sometimes because he carries himself so self-effacingly.
- self-employed
- Working for oneself, rather than for an employer
- self-employment
- Working for oneself, as being an independent contractor
Self-employment lacks the security of working for a big company, but at least the only idiot boss you will meet is yourself.
- self-esteem
- Personal feelings or opinions of oneself
- self-evidency
- The condition, fact, or quality or being self-evident
- self-evident
- Obviously true, and requiring no proof, argument or explanation
- self-excitation
- The feedback of the output of a generator
- self-existent
- Existing without having been created
- self-existent
- Existing independent of any extrinsic sustaining force
- self-explanatory
- Obvious, having a nature that makes it clear or that explains itself
- self-expression
- The means by which one's personal characteristics are displayed; showing one's internal beliefs or character by means of external actions/changes
- self-feeling
- Self-awareness; knowledge or familiarity of oneself
Full easie was for her to haue beliefe, / Who by self-feeling of her feeble sexe, / Could iudge what paines do louing harts perplexe.
- self-feeling
- Self-centredness, egotism
- self-fertile
- Capable of self-fertilization
- self-fertilization
- The fertilization of a plant by itself; self-pollination
- self-flattery
- Flattery of oneself; conceitedness
Likenesse begets such strange selfe flatterie, / That touching my selfe, all seemes done to thee.
- self-fulfilling
- Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted
The prediction of poor turn out for the event was self-fulfilling, once people heard the turn out would be bad, they didn't come so the turn out was bad.
- self-fulfilling prophecies
- plural form of self-fulfilling prophecy
- self-fulfilling prophecy
- A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true
- self-governing
- Present participle of self-govern
- self-government
- The governance of a region by its own populace; autonomy
The radical party agitated for the region to secede from the confederation and establish self-government.
- self-harm
- The deliberate non-suicidal injuring of one's body
- self-hating
- Of or pertaining to self-hate; showing hatred to oneself
- self-hatred
- Hatred of oneself
- self-help
- an act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings
- self-help
- the practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others
- self-immolation
- The act of setting oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest
- self-importance
- An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, especially as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit
- self-important
- Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance
The assistant manager was a self-important fellow who strutted about the office barking instructions.
- self-imposed
- Voluntarily imposed upon oneself
- self-improvement
- Following a disciplined programme to improve one’s physical health, mental health or character
- self-incrimination
- giving testimony, in a trial, that would incriminate oneself
- self-induced
- Indicating that a condition was caused by the action of the person it inflicts
His indigestion was self-induced. If he didn't eat so much it wouldn't hurt.
- self-induced
- Simple past tense and past participle of self-induce
- self-induction
- induction in a circuit caused by changes in the circuit itself
- self-indulgence
- Excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs above all others
- self-injure
- To commit self-injury
- self-interest
- One's personal interest or advantage, especially when pursued without regard for others
- self-justificatory
- having the quality of justifying itself
- self-knowledge
- Knowledge or insight into ones own nature and abilities
- self-learning
- Learning done by oneself, without a teacher or instructor
- self-love
- Regard for oneself, love of oneself
- self-love
- Excessive pride or vanity, over valuing the self
- self-made
- Of a person, having achieved success by one's own efforts
My father was the quintessential self-made man.
- self-made
- Of a thing, made by oneself instead of bought or taken over
- self-mastery
- The conscious control of one's behaviour; self-command
- self-medication
- Medication of oneself without professional advice in order to treat a real or imagined condition
- self-metathesis
- Any metathesis reaction in which both double bonds are part of the same molecule
- self-motivated
- Motivated to achieve something due to one's own interest
- self-officiated
- referring to a game which is officiated by the players, on the "honor system", rather than by an outside observer such as a referee
Ultimate Frisbee is a self-officiated noncontact field game, using seven players per side and requiring continuous motion, much like soccer or basketball. (Houston Chronicle, 5/28/2007).
- self-organization
- A process of attraction and repulsion in which the internal organization of a system, normally an open system, increases in complexity without being guided or managed by an outside source
- self-perpetuating
- Describing something that causes itself to continue to exist
It's a self-perpetuating error, now that we've made it, we can't fix it without breaking things that depend on it.
- self-pity
- a feeling of pity for oneself
- self-pleasure
- To pleasure oneself; masturbate
- self-pleasure
- masturbation
- self-pollination
- Pollination of a flower by its own pollen, in a flower that has both stamens and a pistil
- self-pollute
- To masturbate
- self-pollution
- Masturbation
- self-portrait
- The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it
- self-possessed
- in full control of one's faculties, and having a firm belief in one's abilities; confident, assured and poised
- self-possession
- confidence in one's own powers
- self-possession
- calmness and composure, especially when under stress
- self-preservation
- The instinctive behaviour that protects oneself from harm
- self-proclaimed
- Indicating that a claim or statement of status was made by the person who benefits from the announcement
He was self-proclaimed king of the mountain, since it was a mountain of garbage no one else wanted the title and we let him keep saying it.
- self-promotion
- Bragging or otherwise attempting to make oneself appear greater
- self-publishing
- The publishing of books and other media by the authors of those works, rather than by established, third-party publishers
- self-raising
- Of flour, capable of rising without added leavening agent
- self-raising flour
- A type of flour that contains an agent which makes baked goods swell up when cooked
- self-realization
- The direct experience of being, in relation to one's inner nature as an unbounded creator of one's reality
- self-realization
- The fulfillment of ones own abilities or capacities
- self-redress
- To redress a wrong against oneself; to take revenge
- self-redress
- Redress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution
- self-reference
- Act or process of referring to itself or oneself
- self-referential
- That or who refers to itself or oneself; used as a stylistic device when done in literary works
Many women authors extend the sort of metafictional self-scrutiny which The Golden Notebook so extensively sustains: Eva Figes's novels, for example, often raise self-referential questioning of their own representational validity and Muriel Spark teases several of her heroines with unsettling awareness of the process of their own creation.
- self-referential meaning
- Meaning which relies on self-reference in the text being understood
- self-regarding
- considering foremost yourself and your own interests
- self-regenerating
- Having an ability or capable of regenerating oneself or itself
- self-regulating
- Describing something capable of controlling itself
The motor was self-regulating, until the governor broke and it suddenly raced out of control.
- self-regulating
- Describing an organization or other legal body that establishes standards for itself rather than having them legislated for it by government
Lawyers are self-regulating through the bar association, which sets standards and imposes penalties.
- self-regulation
- The regulation (by a person or an organization) of ones own behaviour without external control or monitoring
- self-regulatory
- That regulates without external control or monitoring
- self-reliance
- the capacity to rely on one's own capabilities, and to manage one's own affairs; independence
- self-reliant
- Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment
- self-replicating
- able to generate a copy of itself
- self-reproach
- Blame or condemnation directed at the self, as by the conscience