unto thine own self be true
self-
prefix
uk /self-/ us /self-/
of or by yourself or itself: 自己的;自身的
self-educated自学的
a self-winding watch自动上发条的手表

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Linguistics: reflexive forms
auto
herself
himself
itself
myself
not be/seem herselfphrase
not be/seem himselfphrase
oneself
ourselves
per se
reflexive
themself
themselves
thyself
yourself

self | American Dictionary

self
noun[ C/U ]
us/self/pluralselvesus/selvz/
who a person is, including the qualities such as personality and ability that make one person different from another:
[ C ]Now I’m feeling better, and I’m back to my old self again.
[ U ]I still assert the validity of self over social convention.

self- | Business English

self-
prefix
ukus
used to form words that describe something or someone as doing something themselves:
a self-winding watch
a self-catering holiday
self-build homes
self
noun[ U ]
 BANKING, INSURANCE formaluk /self/uspluralselves/selvz/
written on cheques, official documents, business letters, etc. to refer to yourself:
a cheque written to self
Most health plans have a three-tier system of coverage: self only, self and one other person, or self and family.

Examples of self

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.
The duality is between the public and private selves of the candidates.
We interpreted this joining of multiple selves as an instance of what one might call a ' shared world ' persona.
More recently, however, identity has been seen as an ongoing and performative process in which individuals draw on diverse resources to construct selves.
Through the elaborate construction of selves in particular relations with one another, the way was prepared for psychologists to claim authority to define this reality.
In both these examples my future selves are contingent, which means that only the past and present preferences should rule.
Instead, each of the person's contingent selves should have a say.
Such facts comprise an important part of who they are, their natures or selves.
In search of new selves : accommodating to widowhood.
The mind was the 'zone of engagement' for the dynamics of attachment and detachment which articulated the relations of courtly selves.
Alternatively, there may be a "discordant splitting" if one's different selves are experienced as contradictory.
If it is, then it is hard to see why the state should have any concern for older selves.
Ethics are the preconditions for society, which is, in turn, the precondition for the creation of selves.
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Collocations withself

self

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aspect of self
Identity is here defined as that aspectofself and personality which expresses the overall unity and purpose of the individual's life.
authentic self
Perhaps greater equality in the family may offer girls some protection, by offering more opportunity for authenticself-development free from conflicts about appropriate gender-role behavior.
core self
Such an approach offers the potential to support both the ' coreself ' and foster a benign social environment.
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