self

[self]

Your self is your sense of who you are, deep down your identity. When you let someone else know you well, you reveal your true self to them.

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Same; particular; very; identical.

Noun
your consciousness of your own identity

Noun
a person considered as a unique individual; "one''s own self"

Adjective S.
combining form; oneself or itself; "self-control"

Adjective
used as a combining form; relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self; "self-knowledge"; "self-proclaimed"; "self-induced"

a.
Same; particular; very; identical.

n.
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.

n.
Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.

n.
Personification; embodiment.

Self

Self , a. [AS. self, seolf, sylf; akin to OS. self, OFries. self, D. zelf, G. selb, selber, selbst, Dan. selv. Sw. sjelf, Icel. sj'belfr, Goth. silba. Cf. Selavage.] Same; particular; very; identical. [Obs., except in the compound selfsame.] "On these self hills." Sir. W. Raleigh.
To shoot another arrow that self way Which you did shoot the first.
At that self moment enters Palamon.

Self

Self, n.; pl. Selves . 1. 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. "Those who liked their real selves." Addison.
A man's self may be the worst fellow to converse with in the world.
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.
2. Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim. 3. Personification; embodiment. [Poetic.]
She was beauty's self.
&hand; Self is united to certain personal pronouns and pronominal adjectives to express emphasis or distinction. Thus, for emphasis; I myself will write; I will examine for myself; thou thyself shalt go; thou shalt see for thyself; you yourself shall write; you shall see for yourself; he himself shall write; he shall examine for himself; she herself shall write; she shall examine for herself; the child itself shall be carried; it shall be present itself. It is also used reflexively; as, I abhor myself; thou enrichest thyself; he loves himself; she admires herself; it pleases itself; we walue ourselves; ye hurry yourselves; they see themselves. Himself, herself, themselves, are used in the nominative case, as well as in the objective. "Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples." John iv. 2. &hand; Self is used in the formation of innumerable compounds, usually of obvious signification, in most of which it denotes either the agent or the object of the action expressed by the word with which it is joined, or the person in behalf of whom it is performed, or the person or thing to, for, or towards whom or which a quality, attribute, or feeling expressed by the following word belongs, is directed, or is exerted, or from which it proceeds; or it denotes the subject of, or object affected by, such action, quality, attribute, feeling, or the like; as, self-abandoning, self-abnegation, self-abhorring, self-absorbed, self-accusing, self-adjusting, self-balanced, self-boasting, self-canceled, self-combating, self-commendation, self-condemned, self-conflict, self-conquest, self-constituted, self-consumed, self-contempt, self-controlled, self-deceiving, self-denying, self-destroyed, self-disclosure, self-display, self-dominion, self-doomed, self-elected, self-evolved, self-exalting, self-excusing, self-exile, self-fed, self-fulfillment, self-governed, self-harming, self-helpless, self-humiliation, self-idolized, self-inflicted, self-improvement, self-instruction, self-invited, self-judging, self-justification, self-loathing, self-loving, self-maintenance, self-mastered, self-nourishment, self-perfect, self-perpetuation, self-pleasing, self-praising, self-preserving, self-questioned, self-relying, self-restraining, self-revelation, self-ruined, self-satisfaction, self-support, self-sustained, self-sustaining, self-tormenting, self-troubling, self-trust, self-tuition, self-upbraiding, self-valuing, self-worshiping, and many others.

Same; particular; very; identical.

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.

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Usage Examples

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.

Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

Misspelled Form

self, aself, wself, eself, dself, xself, zself, aelf, welf, eelf, delf, xelf, zelf, saelf, swelf, seelf, sdelf, sxelf, szelf, swelf, s3elf, s4elf, srelf, sself, sdelf, swlf, s3lf, s4lf, srlf, sslf, sdlf, sewlf, se3lf, se4lf, serlf, seslf, sedlf, seklf, seolf, seplf, se:lf, sekf, seof, sepf, se:f, selkf, selof, selpf, sel:f, seldf, selrf, seltf, selgf, selvf, selcf, seld, selr, selt, selg, selv, selc, selfd, selfr, selft, selfg, selfv, selfc.

Other Usage Examples

Experienced happiness refers to your feelings, to how happy you are as you live your life. In contrast, the satisfaction of the remembering self refers to your feelings when you think about your life.

All along we find that social life - religion, politics, art - reflects the stages reached in the development of the knowledge of self it shows the social uses made of this knowledge.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

'Harry Potter' gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.

'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again.