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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,043 words match “SELF”

SELF-COMMUNION n.
Communion with one's self; thoughts about one's self.
SELF-COMPLACENCY n.
The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster.
SELF-COMPLACENT a.
Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self- satisfied.
SELF-CONCEIT n.
Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.
SELF-CONCEITED a.
Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited. -- Self`-con*ceit"ed*ness, n.
SELF-CONCERN n.
Concern for one's self.
SELF-CONDEMNATION n.
Condemnation of one's self by one's own judgment.
SELF-CONFIDENCE n.
The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance. A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him. Beaconsfield.
SELF-CONFIDENT a.
Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant. -- Self`-con"fi*dent*ly, adv.
SELF-CONJUGATE a.
Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles.
SELF-CONSCIOUS a. 2 definitions
Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self. "My self-conscious worth." Dryden.
SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS n.
The quality or state of being self-conscious.
SELF-CONSIDERING a.
Considering in one's own mind; deliberating. Pope.
SELF-CONSISTENCY n.
The quality or state of being self-consistent.
SELF-CONSISTENT a.
Consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation from the ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided; logically consistent throughout; having each part consistent with the rest.
SELF-CONSUMING a.
Consuming one's self or itself.
SELF-CONTAINED a. 2 definitions
Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.
SELF-CONTRADICTION n.
The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.
SELF-CONTRADICTORY a.
Contradicting one's self or itself.
SELF-CONTROL n.
Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
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