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Examples of self-concept in a Sentence
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Kaye Voyce’s contemporary costumes, quickly identifying each character’s status and self-concept, are wonderful, and in the case of Elena’s knit dresses with their form-hugging cuts, sensational.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
By aligning with podcasts that reflect the listener's self-concept, advertisers can engage an audience that is inherently more attentive and open to their messages.
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Curt Steinhorst, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The recent era of spectacular economic growth generated a self-concept among Chinese citizens: China is a daring, rising power, and being Chinese means being on the cutting edge.
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Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
And one person might count experiences from childhood or youth in a self-concept of sexuality while another might exclude them, Fuentes notes.
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Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2024
Together, these voluntary moves suggest a different, more publisher-like self-concept.
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Jaron Lanier, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2024
But while that stance remained central to the country’s self-concept, Sweden gradually strengthened its ties to NATO.
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Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
No one has ever explained why on earth sociality would have anything to do with this phylogenetic break in the self-concept, says Povinelli.
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Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
This gradually builds a more positive self-image and a healthier self-concept.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1891, in the meaning defined above
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“Self-concept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-concept. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
self-concept
noun
self-con·cept
ˈself-ˈkän-ˌsept
: the mental image one has of oneself
Medical Definition
self-concept
noun
self-con·cept
ˈself-ˈkän-ˌsept
: the mental image one has of oneself
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