Definition of self- in English English dictionary
- automatic
- of, by, in or with oneself or itself
- Indivisible life as a whole, One without a second The Self does not change at all Unborn, undying, unmoved, unseen, unheard it simply is
- Pure Awareness without thought and individual identification of any kind
- the individual person; the ego; the knower; that which persists through changes in a person
- Combination of spirit and soul conveniently considered as an entity; spiritsoul
- Self-coloured: Describes a flower with a uniform colour
- your consciousness of your own identity
- Self- is used to form words which describe something such as a device that does something automatically by itself. a self-loading pistol
- Determination - ability of an individual or an organization to make decisions concerning issues that affect it
- cells or organs recognized as not foreign by the immune system
- a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self"
- 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'
- Self- is used to form words which indicate that you do something to yourself or by yourself. He is a self-proclaimed racist. self-destructive behaviour
- 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 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
- 12/97Dynamic object-oriented language for applications, Sun, 1986-90
- material that is part of an individual organism <ability of the immune system to distinguish ~ from nonself>
- 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
- An iris in one solid colour
- 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
- combining form; oneself or itself; "self-control"
- our sense of personal identity (who we think we are) that is a social product and develops over the life course
- 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
- The -self words may be used in only two ways
- (bloom color category)refers to an iris with all petals of one color
- (with a small "s"): the ego, personality, or lower mind
- A cat's coat which has the same color all over
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-abasement
- self-punishment in order to atone for some real or imagined wrongdoing
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-abnegation
- The denial or invalidation of ones own needs, interests, etc. in the sake of another's; the setting aside of self-interest
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-absorption
- preoccupation with oneself to the exclusion of everything else
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-abuse
- Self-deception
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-abuse
- Cutting of oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-abuse
- Masturbation
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-abuse
- To masturbate
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-abuser
- One who self-abuses; masturbator
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-acceptance
- The acceptance of self in spite of weaknesses or deficiencies
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-addressed
- Addressed to oneself
Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-adjoint
- which is adjoint to itself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-advancement
- The promotion of one's own qualities or abilities
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-analysis
- Analysis performed on oneself, introspection
Self-analysis of my interactions with others fails because though I understand myself I can't understand others.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-assembled
- assembled by self-assembly
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-assembling
- The art or practice of self-assembly
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-assembling
- That self-assembles
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-assembly
- The assembly of a biological or chemical material from a disorganized collection by means of interactions between the components
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-assembly
- The assembly of a retail product by the customer
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-assertion
- The aggressive advancement of one's own opinions or wishes
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-assertive
- determined to advance one's own personality or views
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-assurance
- The state or quality of being confident in oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-assured
- confident in one's own abilities
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-awareness
- The state or property of being self-aware
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-belief
- Trust in one's positive characteristics; self-confidence; self-worth
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-build
- Supplied in kit form, for construction by the owner
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-built
- built by oneself, often from commercially available components
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-centered
- Of a person, egotistically obsessed with themself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-centeredness
- concern only for oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-conceit
- Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments; vanity
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-confessed
- According to a person's own confession or admission
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-confidence
- The state of being self-confident
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-confidence
- A measure of one's belief in one's own abilities
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-confident
- Confident in one's abilities
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-congratulate
- To congratulate oneself, especially in a self-satisfied manner
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-congratulation
- self-satisfied congratulation of oneself for one's achievements or situation
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-conjugate
- of an subatomic particle that is identical to its antiparticle; includes all gauge bosons except the charged W-boson and quarks
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-conscious
- aware of oneself as an individual being
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-conscious
- ill at ease socially
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-conscious
- uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-consciousness
- The awareness of the self as an entity
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-consciousness
- Shyness. A feeling of unease in social situations
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-contained
- Not requiring external or additional support; complete in itself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-contempt
- a feeling of contempt for oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-contradiction
- A statement that contains a contradiction, or a premise from which one could be derived
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-contradictory
- Of statements that contradict themselves, ultimately logically corrupting the statement
The statement We agree to disagree on everything is self-contradictory.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-control
- The ability to control one's desires and impulses; willpower
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-controlled
- Possessing self-control, having mastery of ones own desires
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-critical
- Capable of criticizing oneself; able to find mistakes and possibilites for improvement in one's own work
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-deal
- To deal with oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-deal
- To engage in dealings favorable to oneself as principal, taking advantage of one's position as fiduciary
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-deception
- The act of fooling oneself, of willfully not accepting the obvious
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-defense
- the means of defending oneself from physical attack
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-defense
- the right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, especially when used as justification in a murder charge
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-delusion
- the act of deluding oneself, or the state of being so deluded
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-denial
- Taking action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-denial
- The act of refusing to recognize unpleasant facts even when presented by one's self
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-denying
- Without concern for ones own advantage; selfless or self-sacrificing
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-deprecating
- expressing disapproval or being critical of oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-deprivation
- A deprivation at one's own initiative
Dieting is self-deprivation.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-destruction
- The voluntary destruction of something by itself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-destructive
- That causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-determination
- The political independence of a people
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-determination
- The ability or right to make your own decisions without interference from others
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-directed
- Directed, independently by oneself without external control or constraint
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-discipline
- Control of oneself, willpower
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-disciplined
- Having self-discipline, be in control of one's self and one's actions
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-distance
- The ability to critically reflect on yourself and your relations from an external perspective
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-doubt
- The doubting of one's own abilities
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-drilling screw
- A fastener that taps and drills its own hole during application
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-dual
- of a graph or polyhedron that is the dual of itself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-dual
- of a proposition that is equivalent to its dual
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-educated
- Of a person, having learned without the direction of a teacher
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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).
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-effacingly
- The quality of carrying oneself in a humble manner
John is difficult to distinguish sometimes because he carries himself so self-effacingly.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-employed
- Working for oneself, rather than for an employer
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-esteem
- Personal feelings or opinions of oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-evidency
- The condition, fact, or quality or being self-evident
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-evident
- Obviously true, and requiring no proof, argument or explanation
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-excitation
- The feedback of the output of a generator
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-existent
- Existing independent of any extrinsic sustaining force
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-existent
- Existing without having been created
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-explanatory
- Obvious, having a nature that makes it clear or that explains itself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-expression
- The means by which one's personal characteristics are displayed; showing one's internal beliefs or character by means of external actions/changes
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-feeling
- Self-centredness, egotism
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-fertile
- Capable of self-fertilization
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-fertilization
- The fertilization of a plant by itself; self-pollination
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-flattery
- Flattery of oneself; conceitedness
Likenesse begets such strange selfe flatterie, / That touching my selfe, all seemes done to thee.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-fulfilling prophecies
- plural form of self-fulfilling prophecy
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-fulfilling prophecy
- A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-governing
- Present participle of self-govern
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-harm
- The deliberate non-suicidal injuring of one's body
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-hating
- Of or pertaining to self-hate; showing hatred to oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-hatred
- Hatred of oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-help
- the practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-help
- an act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-immolation
- The act of setting oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-importance
- An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, especially as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-imposed
- Voluntarily imposed upon oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-improvement
- Following a disciplined programme to improve one’s physical health, mental health or character
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-incrimination
- giving testimony, in a trial, that would incriminate oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-induced
- Simple past tense and past participle of self-induce
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-induction
- induction in a circuit caused by changes in the circuit itself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-indulgence
- Excessive or immoderate indulgence of one's own personal desires and needs above all others
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-injure
- To commit self-injury
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-interest
- One's personal interest or advantage, especially when pursued without regard for others
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-justificatory
- having the quality of justifying itself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-knowledge
- Knowledge or insight into ones own nature and abilities
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-learning
- Learning done by oneself, without a teacher or instructor
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-love
- Regard for oneself, love of oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-love
- Excessive pride or vanity, over valuing the self
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-made
- Of a thing, made by oneself instead of bought or taken over
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-made
- Of a person, having achieved success by one's own efforts
My father was the quintessential self-made man.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-mastery
- The conscious control of one's behaviour; self-command
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-medication
- Medication of oneself without professional advice in order to treat a real or imagined condition
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-metathesis
- Any metathesis reaction in which both double bonds are part of the same molecule
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-motivated
- Motivated to achieve something due to one's own interest
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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).
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-pity
- a feeling of pity for oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-pleasure
- masturbation
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-pleasure
- To pleasure oneself; masturbate
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-pollination
- Pollination of a flower by its own pollen, in a flower that has both stamens and a pistil
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-pollute
- To masturbate
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-pollution
- Masturbation
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-portrait
- The bust of an artist by the artist him/herself; a portrait of the painter who painted it
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-possessed
- in full control of one's faculties, and having a firm belief in one's abilities; confident, assured and poised
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-possession
- calmness and composure, especially when under stress
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-possession
- confidence in one's own powers
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-preservation
- The instinctive behaviour that protects oneself from harm
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-promotion
- Bragging or otherwise attempting to make oneself appear greater
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-publishing
- The publishing of books and other media by the authors of those works, rather than by established, third-party publishers
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-raising
- Of flour, capable of rising without added leavening agent
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-raising flour
- A type of flour that contains an agent which makes baked goods swell up when cooked
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-realization
- The direct experience of being, in relation to one's inner nature as an unbounded creator of one's reality
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-realization
- The fulfillment of ones own abilities or capacities
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-redress
- Redress of a wrong by the victim; revenge, retribution
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-redress
- To redress a wrong against oneself; to take revenge
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-reference
- Act or process of referring to itself or oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-referential meaning
- Meaning which relies on self-reference in the text being understood
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-regarding
- considering foremost yourself and your own interests
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-regenerating
- Having an ability or capable of regenerating oneself or itself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-regulating
- Describing something capable of controlling itself
The motor was self-regulating, until the governor broke and it suddenly raced out of control.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-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.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-regulation
- The regulation (by a person or an organization) of ones own behaviour without external control or monitoring
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-regulatory
- That regulates without external control or monitoring
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-reliance
- the capacity to rely on one's own capabilities, and to manage one's own affairs; independence
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-reliant
- Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-replicating
- able to generate a copy of itself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-reproach
- Blame or condemnation directed at the self, as by the conscience
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-rescuer
- A self-contained device to generate oxygen for breathing
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-respect
- The knowledge of one's own worth, valuing one's self; pride
If you have no self-respect you can't respect others, because what value would you offer someone by giving the respect of one who is as lowly as you view yourself?.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-respecting
- Having self-respect, having pride or knowledge of one's own worth
No self-respecting man would let such a jerk insult him so.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-restraint
- Self-control, control over one's emotions, passions and actions
His lack of self-restraint lead to several ugly scenes of debauchery and violent outburst.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-righteous
- piously self-assured and smugly moralistic
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-righteousness
- Confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug
The book of Job warns us against self-righteousness, since no man can justify himself to God.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-rule
- Rule of a group of people by their own leaders as opposed to rule imposed by a foreign government or people
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-sacrifice
- The giving up of one's own benefit, especially giving up one's life, for the good of others
His brave self-sacrifice won him a posthumous medal, but I think he'd have preferred to receive it in person.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-same
- Very same; exactly the same
But you can imagine my surprise when I angled said state-of-the-art bins to the street, watched the long black car as it rolled up and saw the self-same guy step out of it.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-satisfaction
- A feeling of fulfillment or contentment with respect to one's own accomplishments or situation
Without being in any way smug she was radiant with self-satisfaction and well-doing.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-satisfied
- satisfied with oneself; especially too satisfied; smug; slightly arrogant
He stood back and looked at his project with a self-satisfied expression.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-sealing
- Describing a container that is capable of automatically closing off leaks that form in it
One thing that saved many pilot's lives during World War II was salf-sealing gas tanks that kept their planes from becoming fireballs when riddled with bullets.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-sealing
- A device with seals that activate without special procedures
The engine had self-sealing gaskets to keep the grease in, just tighten the bolts.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-seeking
- Mindful of, or promoting only ones own interests
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-selection
- An item selected by oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-selection
- Selecting oneself for something
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-selection
- Selecting something for oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-serve
- Describing a facility in which the customer does the work rather than being waited on
Self-serve gas stations are popular with owners because they need fewer attendants and have all the customers as free part-time employees.''.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-service
- Describing an establishment where the customer is not waited on
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-serving
- Showing interest only in oneself
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-similar
- Having self-similarity; having parts that resemble the whole, as a fractal has
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-similarity
- The property of being self-similar, of having parts that resemble the whole, as a fractal has
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-slaughter
- The slaughter or slaying of one's self, suicide
Against self-slaughter, There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak hand. --Shak., Cymbeline.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-soar
- The normal launching method used by hang gliders
I'll self-soar today using my hang glider. Many intrepid flyers joined the 70s' Self-Soar Association that had Otto memberships and membership numbers in honor of Otto Lilienthal who self-soared off a hill he had built. The booklet series Low & Slow and the Hang Glider Weekly (together 216 editions) frequently used the term self-soar to describe flying using a unpowered glider flown after launching by some system without the aid of motors or other persons.
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-starter
- A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness
- <span class="word-self">selfspan>-starting
- energetic and resourceful