单词 | self-talk |
释义 | self-talkn.ΚΠ 1574 (title) Certaine select Prayers gathered out of S. Augustines Meditations, which he calleth his selfe talke with God. 1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. viii. 17 The Meditations and selfe talke of Saint Augustine latelye translated. 1582 T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones iii. 320 The Queenes Vow, or selfe-talke with God. 2. The act or practice of talking to oneself, either aloud or in one's mind. ΚΠ 1737 Universal Spectator 5 Feb. 1/2 I wou'd only insist on one Form or Mode of Speech; and that is call'd Soliloquy, or Self-Talk. 1850 Spirit of Times 30 Nov. 482/1 I saw a fellow..talking to himself... I was about turning off when a new set of phrases in his self-talk arrested me at once. 1913 Invincible Apr. 64 He allowed himself to indulge in talking aloud, inasmuch as no one was near enough to hear his remarks... In his self-talk Pro said: ‘Well, this is a curious world!’ 1964 Reading Teacher 17 509/1 In self talk..we teach him to talk aloud to himself, to provide for his own ears a running commentary on what he is doing, feeling, or perceiving. 1999 D. Stanley Understanding Anorexia Nervosa vi. 76 Learning to stop negative self-talk and teaching yourself to use positive self-talk is one good way to improve your self-esteem. 2013 Kindred Spirit Mar. 24/2 Those negative spirals of self-talk, when within seconds one problem seems to have triggered 20 more. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1574 |
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