单词 | self-description |
释义 | > as lemmasself-description self-description n. Brit. /ˌsɛlfdᵻˈskrɪpʃn/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n/ , /ˌsɛlfdiˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n/ ΚΠ 1804 Lit. Mag. & Amer. Reg. Jan. 307/1 I confess myself much delighted with these self-descriptions of ‘persons whom no one knows’. 1880 S. A. Brooke Poems from Shelley Pref. p. xvii He passes from magnificent union of himself with Nature.., to equally great self-description. 1938 Far Eastern Surv. 7 289/2 The revolutionists—though they shy off from so violent a self-description—whipped it into slogan form. 2016 Canberra Times (Nexis) 5 Mar. a15 ‘Camp’ being the preferred term of self-description for homosexual men and women until about 1972. < as lemmas |
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