self
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See also self-
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English self, seolf, sylf.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɛlf/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɛlf
[edit] Noun
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self (plural selves)
- An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness.
- Sir W. Hamilton
- The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious.
- Sir W. Hamilton
[edit] Related terms
- selfdom
- selfhood
- selfish
- selfless
- selfsame
- myself, ourselves, yourself, thyself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself, one's self
[edit] Translations
individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness
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[edit] See also
[edit] Adjective
self
- (obsolete) same
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, I.i:
- I am made of that self mettle as my sister.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, I.i:
[edit] External links
- self in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- self in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Maltese
[edit] Noun
self
[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology
Proto-Germanic *selbha-, whence also Old High German selb, Old Norse sjálfr
[edit] Pronoun
self
- self

