Definition of self-help in English:
self-help
noun ˌsɛlfˈhɛlpˈˌsɛlf ˈˌhɛlp
mass noun1The use of one's own efforts and resources to achieve things without relying on others.
a reduction in the role of the state and an increasing reliance on self-help
Example sentencesExamples
- This presumably will result in a greater unity as well as greater regional self-help.
- He was heard to express the view repeatedly that self-help was the better way of dealing with criminals.
- Erosion of the capacity for initiative and self-help is virtually complete.
- In self-help he seems to have found something he enjoys but is he actually helping anyone?
- Two recent analyses suggest that foreign aid involves self-help as much as good will.
- The event, which focused on self-help and self-esteem, left many in the audience underwhelmed.
- A related version of shiatsu, called do-in, is practised as a form of self-help.
- Is there a problem with a society so dedicated to self-help?
- The centre promotes self-help and complementary therapies for cancer sufferers to try and enhance their quality of life.
- The philosophy underpinning integrated healthcare places considerable emphasis on empowerment and self-help.
- For people who live and work in the city, cleaning up the place is obviously a matter of self-interest and self-help.
- The audience appears to be interested in self-help and personal awareness.
- What we have not done is ask whether self-help can sensibly be relied upon to deal with all the problems that limited liability causes for creditors.
- For most people with IBS, self-help is the best way to improve symptoms.
- They identify self-help and survival as the other two.
- The London-based comic created his life coach alter-ego to satirise the world of self-help and corporate jargon.
- It is almost impossible to assess the full magnitude of what self-help has done to America.
- Few seem to practice self-help, and even fewer turn to organising group therapy.
- To take something in execution was a legally authorized form of self-help.
- It is more like self-help with an enthusiastic cheerleader.
- 1.1as modifier Designed to assist people in achieving things for themselves.
when I suffered from depression I went to a self-help group
Example sentencesExamples
- The plan had a number of elements, but basically it was a self-help plan for our battalion to look out for ourselves.
- Featuring a self-help guide and medical encyclopaedia, visitors can diagnose their ailments via an interactive medium.
- The opening sections read more like a self-help manual, espousing the virtues of self-employment for spiritual growth.
- He was treated with antidepressant drugs but says that self-help groups put him on the road to recovery.
- As a self-help tool, the science can be used to get greater insight and understanding of one's inner being and true nature.
Definition of self-help in US English:
self-help
nounˈˌself ˈˌhelpˈˌsɛlf ˈˌhɛlp
1The use of one's own efforts and resources to achieve things without relying on others.
what government does is not a substitute for what people can do with encouragement and self-help
Example sentencesExamples
- Is there a problem with a society so dedicated to self-help?
- The audience appears to be interested in self-help and personal awareness.
- For people who live and work in the city, cleaning up the place is obviously a matter of self-interest and self-help.
- Two recent analyses suggest that foreign aid involves self-help as much as good will.
- The event, which focused on self-help and self-esteem, left many in the audience underwhelmed.
- This presumably will result in a greater unity as well as greater regional self-help.
- A related version of shiatsu, called do-in, is practised as a form of self-help.
- The centre promotes self-help and complementary therapies for cancer sufferers to try and enhance their quality of life.
- In self-help he seems to have found something he enjoys but is he actually helping anyone?
- Erosion of the capacity for initiative and self-help is virtually complete.
- The philosophy underpinning integrated healthcare places considerable emphasis on empowerment and self-help.
- He was heard to express the view repeatedly that self-help was the better way of dealing with criminals.
- It is almost impossible to assess the full magnitude of what self-help has done to America.
- What we have not done is ask whether self-help can sensibly be relied upon to deal with all the problems that limited liability causes for creditors.
- They identify self-help and survival as the other two.
- Few seem to practice self-help, and even fewer turn to organising group therapy.
- It is more like self-help with an enthusiastic cheerleader.
- The London-based comic created his life coach alter-ego to satirise the world of self-help and corporate jargon.
- To take something in execution was a legally authorized form of self-help.
- For most people with IBS, self-help is the best way to improve symptoms.
- 1.1as modifier Designed to assist people in achieving things for themselves.
when I suffered from depression I went to a self-help group
Example sentencesExamples
- The plan had a number of elements, but basically it was a self-help plan for our battalion to look out for ourselves.
- The opening sections read more like a self-help manual, espousing the virtues of self-employment for spiritual growth.
- He was treated with antidepressant drugs but says that self-help groups put him on the road to recovery.
- Featuring a self-help guide and medical encyclopaedia, visitors can diagnose their ailments via an interactive medium.
- As a self-help tool, the science can be used to get greater insight and understanding of one's inner being and true nature.