How to Use self-perception in a Sentence
self-perception
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Even later when her bones stopped breaking so much, her self-perceptions (and everyone else's) stayed the same.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
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Here’s what experts had to say about why self-perception of sleep trumps what the sleep tracker says, and ways to improve sleep quality to boost your next-day mood.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 18 Aug. 2023
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Your friends and the people who love you might see you one way, but your self-perception may not resemble their perception.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2023
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How did being online at such a young age affect your self-perception?
—Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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That the little assemblage took at least six months to make suggests that the artist’s self-perception was in considerable flux.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
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Social media has been messing with young people’s self-perception for many years now.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
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Jack becomes a minor celebrity in his field, but how that impacts his self-perception or life goals is left unexplored.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
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What matters is the speaker’s identity and self-perception.
—Madeleine Schwartz Soneela Nankani Tanya Pérez Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 14 May 2024
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The physical changes that go down during adolescence can do a number on a person’s self-perception.
—Christine Byrne, Mph, SELF, 22 Sep. 2023
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Adults can help girls by discussing with them how social media influences their feelings, their self-perception and even their body image.
—Elizabeth Englander, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2023
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Western support for Ukraine and Russian self-perception are deeply intertwined.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2023
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Indeed, the self-perceptions of the Americans and the Chinese are perfectly symmetrical.
—Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
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Your desires are focused on the future and your heart is ready to expand with affection, but the season’s second Full Moon pits your self-perception against your immediate feelings.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 12 July 2024
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Men are better than women at tuning into their hearts, but no differences were observed for gastric self-perception.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
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Philip Sossenheimer, a 30-year-old medical resident at Stanford, told me that these changes had begun to precipitate a shift in self-perception among doctors.
—Eyal Press, New York Times, 15 June 2023
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Compounded by celebrity culture, the BBL trend dying is a signal to create healthy and realistic self-perceptions that aren’t warped by social media.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 8 Aug. 2023
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This shift not only transformed her self-perception, but also empowered her to achieve key career goals, including promotion and growth.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Remember to consider not only your self-perception, but also the perception of your coworkers, customers and your boss.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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The strain of masking for long periods can be exhausting, harming not only someone’s physical well-being but also their self-perception.
—Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024
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Many people with eating disorders have a distorted self-perception.
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
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Communication, self-perception, and your signature charge-ahead energy are not helping with your attempts to fix your current problems.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
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One powerful method for reshaping our beliefs is through exercises that challenge our self-perceptions.
—Anna Tan, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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The findings highlight how expectations can dampen or elevate our self-perception.
—Linh Ta, Axios, 23 July 2024
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But its most beloved contribution was perhaps always the podcast, which saw Lammer, Linsky, and Ratliff dive into the nitty-gritty of their guests’ interiority: process, purpose, self-perception.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 26 June 2024
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Shortly following Jackson's criticism, Palmer reflected on how motherhood has shifted her self-perception in an interview with The Cut.
—USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
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More than just a quirky recap of listening habits, Wrapped offers surprising insights into identity patterns, culture, and the growing role of technology in shaping self-perception.
—Diana Spehar, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Some people who develop a buffalo hump can also sometimes experience changes in their self-perception, body image, and emotional well-being.
—Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Aug. 2024
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Because everyone values different aspects of a leader, and because of people’s own unique means of expression, that ensures your leadership is valued beyond your self-perception.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
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In ways large and small, Cohen’s functionally unlimited resources have rewired more than a half-century of Mets self-perception, even if last year, like so many before, ended in disappointment: a quick playoff exit after a 101-win season.
—Kate Kelly, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2023
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Sharon had been reading Du Bois’ writing as well and was particularly taken with his thoughts on double consciousness, which Du Bois explained as the dual self-perception manifested out of necessity by oppressed groups.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
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