self-improvement

English

Etymology

self- +‎ improvement

Noun

self-improvement (countable and uncountable, plural self-improvements)

1. The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.
2. The bettering of one's status.
   • 2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club^[1]:

     Ambition and self-improvement are certainly not negatives, although one potential downside to being more self-conscious—especially for punk bands—is muted urgency.

Synonyms

self-help

Hypernyms

• improvement

Derived terms

• self-improving

Translations

following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自我改善 (zìwǒ gǎishàn), 自我修養, 自我修养 (zìwǒ xiūyǎng), 自強 (zh), 自强 (zh) (zìqiáng)

• Estonian: enesetäiendus
• Finnish: itsensä kehittäminen
• French: auto-amélioration
• Greek: αυτοβελτίωση (aftoveltíosi)

• Italian: auto-miglioramento m
• Malagasy: fampihatsaran-tena, fihatsaran-tena
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: superación personal, autosuperación
• Vietnamese: tự cải tiến

References

• self-improvement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia