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Negative thoughts are typically rooted in fear, insecurity, doubt, a lack of self-esteem or a low self-image.
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Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
However, lavish gardens like these were also regularly used to project power and divine favor, possibly reinforcing the emperor’s self-image of a god-like figure.
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Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Pay attention to your inner dialogue — Venus will meet with Pluto in your sign, triggering tension or taboo-like conversations that challenge your self-image or approach to a specific relationship.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Yet in a further confirmation of the place Panama held in Americans’ self-image of their selfless role in the world, popular opinion disagreed.
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Julie Greene / Made By History, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1939, in the meaning defined above
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“Self-image.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-image. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
self-image
noun
self-im·age
ˈsel-ˈfim-ij
: one's ideas about oneself or one's role
Medical Definition
self-image
noun
self-im·age
-ˈim-ij
: one's conception of oneself or of one's role
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