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  • noun Plural form of self-image.

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Examples

  • "The people watching will be better in this area," the art adviser predicted and it was, though it was pretty good in the modern area as well—with lots of hip-looking people, both young and not so young, their clothes sense and self-images firmly in place.

    A Tour Guide for Artistically Apprehensive Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • Mr. Douglas-Fairhurst's trick, alternatively, is to take the various stages of Dickens's pre-authorial life "lost child," clerk, parliamentary reporter and show how he projected them into his books, creating a series of "refracted self-images" that give nearly everything he wrote an ominous personal significance.

    Snapshots of 'Boz' D.J. Taylor 2011

  • The “national character” idea is useful, so long as you remember that the US (and other countries of course) have several self-images they are comfortable with, that have strong historical or even fictional “characters”, and these self-images can be selectively utilized to lead or mislead the population in one way or another.

    Matthew Yglesias » Culture and Size and Scope of Government 2010

  • Or would we be a nation of underemployed graduates with unhealthy self-images?

    Sachal Afraz: Is Education Really the Answer? Sachal Afraz 2011

  • In the 21st century, why do we still need to separate ourselves in order to build strong self-images?

    John Thompson: Boys (and Girls) Need Games and Structure John Thompson 2011

  • We all like to feel good about ourselves, and most of us respond positively to those who seem to go out of their way to bolster our self-images.

    January « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009

  • Well-designed summer programs improve girls' self-images and fitness habits, and they also expand the horizons for both girls and their families.

    K. Sujata: School's Out, Progress Is In K. Sujata 2011

  • Well-designed summer programs improve girls' self-images and fitness habits, and they also expand the horizons for both girls and their families.

    K. Sujata: School's Out, Progress Is In K. Sujata 2011

  • We all like to feel good about ourselves, and most of us respond positively to those who seem to go out of their way to bolster our self-images.

    The Image Culture « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009

  • In the 21st century, why do we still need to separate ourselves in order to build strong self-images?

    John Thompson: Boys (and Girls) Need Games and Structure John Thompson 2011

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