self-conceptn.
/ˌsɛlfˈkɒnsɛpt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈkɑnˌsɛpt/ Psychology.
One's conception of oneself; how a person views himself or herself.
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the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > self-consciousness > [noun] > image of self
self-conception?1780
self-concept1891
self-image1912
ego-identity1951
1891 Boston Daily Advertiser 14 July 5/1 An interesting consideration of self-concept was given by the lecturer, and of the important elements going to make up the concept self in regard to effect on the moral faculty.
1938 Psychol. Abstr. 12 Index 770/1 Self-concept, adolescence.
1968 Internat. Encycl. Social Sci. XIV. 150/1 Since the 1940s, problems related to self concept have surged forth as indispensable..topics for scientific study in psychology and sociology.
1995 Tree House Family Apr. 2/2 We also worked hard to nourish a positive self-concept by using liberal praise.
2013 J. J. McWhirter et al. At-risk Youth (ed. 5) vi. 136 Her self-concept may include the belief that she is not the ‘athletic type’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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