self

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
self/self/

▶noun (pl. selves) a person's essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as the object of introspection or reflexive action.

■ a person's particular nature or personality.

■ one's own interests or pleasure.

▶pronoun (pl. selves)

• 1 (one's self) used ironically to refer in specified favourable terms to oneself or someone else: a picture of my good self.

• 2 used on counterfoils, cheques, and other papers to refer to the holder or person who has signed.

▶adjective (of a trimming, woven design, etc.) of the same material or colour as the rest. ▶verb chiefly Botany self-pollinate; self-fertilize.

– origin OE, of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
self- /sɛlf/

▶combining form

• 1 of or directed towards oneself or itself: self-hatred.

• 2 by one's own efforts; by its own action: self-adjusting.

• 3 on, in, for, or relating to oneself or itself: self-adhesive.