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Community, especially among men who have regained their self-conception after a split and those still in process, might well be the answer.
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Rather than allow such stereotypes to undercut my budding self-conception, my parents sought to put me into circumstances in which I was required to speak up and demonstrate my intelligence, not just to other people but also—and more importantly—to myself.
—Essence, 20 Sep. 2024
Although the United States’ self-conception is one of a nation of immigrants—look no further than the Emma Lazarus poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty—the country has been relatively stingy in welcoming refugees.
—Gregory Maniatis, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2022
The Kremlin sees itself as helming a global power, yet its grandiose self-conception is badly mismatched with the human resources at its disposal.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
With a national self-conception as old as that of Catalonia, with its own language and culture, there may always be some group vying for independence, regardless of how good the quality of life is for its citizens.
—R. Joseph Huddleston, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2017
This creed became his middle son’s inheritance, the core of his self-conception as the uniquely unillusioned defender of the State of Israel.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
Enlarge / Evernote's self-conception of its brain-decluttering powers.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 10 July 2023
If science, coming from outside, tells us that our self-conceptions are confused, so much the worse for them.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Rather than allow such stereotypes to undercut my budding self-conception, my parents sought to put me into circumstances in which I was required to speak up and demonstrate my intelligence, not just to other people but also—and more importantly—to myself.
—Essence, 20 Sep. 2024
Although the United States’ self-conception is one of a nation of immigrants—look no further than the Emma Lazarus poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty—the country has been relatively stingy in welcoming refugees.
—Gregory Maniatis, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2022
The Kremlin sees itself as helming a global power, yet its grandiose self-conception is badly mismatched with the human resources at its disposal.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
With a national self-conception as old as that of Catalonia, with its own language and culture, there may always be some group vying for independence, regardless of how good the quality of life is for its citizens.
—R. Joseph Huddleston, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2017
This creed became his middle son’s inheritance, the core of his self-conception as the uniquely unillusioned defender of the State of Israel.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
Enlarge / Evernote's self-conception of its brain-decluttering powers.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 10 July 2023
If science, coming from outside, tells us that our self-conceptions are confused, so much the worse for them.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
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“Self-conception.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-conception. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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