0 the set of someone's characteristics, such as personality and ability, that are not physical and make that person different from other people:
2 of or by yourself or itself:
self-educated
a self-winding watch
3 who a person is, including the qualities such as personality and ability that make one person different from another:
4 used to form words that describe something or someone as doing something themselves:
a self-winding watch
5 written on cheques, official documents, business letters, etc. to refer to yourself:
The Minister was her usual evasive self, skilfully dodging reporters' questions about her possible resignation.
It was a long time after the accident before he seemed like his former self.
Our inner selves are always barricaded behind codes of language.
Every item in the world, from stars to selves, is simply part of a divine mind, the thinking of which constitutes all of reality.
Narratives are seen, then, both as rhetorical ploys (disguising genuine selves) and as the very thing that guarantees our ability to have selves.
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個性, 本性, 自己…
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个性, 本性, 自己…
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carácter, ser, uno mismo [masculine…
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personalidade…
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自分自身, (その人)らしさ…
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kendi, kendine, öz…
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moi [masculine], auto-, la personne…
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caràcter, ésser…
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