self-image en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English image English self-image From self- + image.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A person's own view of themselves and their own character and worth.
In other words, there is a discrepancy between her experiences and her self-image.
2008, Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer, Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior, page 411:It’s to realize that Moon Frye, by cheerfully surveilling her own life, and those first Real Worlders, by agreeing to the constant presence of producers and cameras, were the harbingers of today’s culture, in which self-image is shaped in the expectation of a lens and personhood collates with brand identity.
2021 March 26, Alexis Soloski, “‘Kid 90’ and the Days When Even Wild TV Teens Had Privacy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2021:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| self image | alternative | lexicographic | |
| self-images | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (25)
ru представле́ние о само́м себе́ (way a person views themselves) · ca autoimatge (way a person views themselves) · cs sebeobraz (way a person views themselves) · uk самооці́нка (way a person views themselves) · tt үзбилгеләү (way a person views themselves) · ca autopercepció (way a person views themselves) · es autoimagen (way a person views themselves) · ka თვითშეხედულება (way a person views themselves) · hu énkép (way a person views themselves) · hy ինքնագնահատում (way a person views themselves) · ru самооце́нка (way a person views themselves) · fr image de soi (way a person views themselves) · ro imagine de sine (way a person views themselves) · pt autoimagem (way a person views themselves) · cmn 自我意像 (way a person views themselves) · ga féiníomhá (way a person views themselves) · de Selbstbild (way a person views themselves) · nl zelfbeeld (way a person views themselves) · ru о́браз самого́ себя́ (way a person views themselves) · is sjálfsmynd (way a person views themselves) · pl obraz samego siebie (way a person views themselves) · fi minäkuva (way a person views themselves) · no selvbilde (way a person views themselves) · sv självbild (way a person views themselves) · it immagine di sé (way a person views themselves)