Self

Pronoun

 * 1)  Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
 * This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
 * 1)  Myself.
 * I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.

Noun

 * 1) An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness.
 * 2) * Sir W. Hamilton
 * The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious.

Related terms

 * selfdom
 * selfhood
 * selfish
 * selfless
 * selflike
 * selfsame
 * myself, ourselves, yourself, thyself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself, one's self

Adjective

 * 1)  same
 * 2) * 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, I.i:
 * I am made of that self mettle as my sister.

Adjectives for Self
inmost; past-created; unchanged; progressive; insignificant; whimsical; full-formed; reverend; beautiful; profane; gushing; substantial; piquant; buoyant; perfect; pretended; fancied; malignant; dead; worthless; central; bold; customary; real; gracious; wittiest; sweet; maternal; irregular; tortured; double; forgotten.

Thesaurus
I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, anima, anima humana, atman, ba, better self, breath, breath of life, buddhi, coconscious, collective unconscious, conscience, conscious self, death instinct, divine breath, ego, ego ideal, ego-id conflict, ethical self, foreconscious, he, heart, her, herself, him, himself, id, inner man, inner self, it, jiva, jivatma, khu, libidinal energy, libido, manes, me, mind, motive force, my humble self, myself, nephesh, number one, oneself, other self, ourselves, persona, personality, pleasure principle, pneuma, preconscious, primitive self, psyche, psychic apparatus, purusha, racial unconscious, ruach, shade, shadow, she, soul, spirit, spiritual being, spiritus, subconscious, subconscious mind, subconscious self, subliminal, subliminal self, submerged mind, superego, the self, them, themselves, they, unconscious, unconscious mind, vital impulse, you, yours truly, yourself, yourselves

Etymology
self:, seolf:, sylf:, from.

Noun

 * Arabic: (nafs)
 * Chinese: 自己 (zìjǐ)
 * Chinese Characters: 自 (zì)
 * Crimean Tatar: özü
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: itse
 * German: Selbst
 * Ido: ipsa
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 自己 (じこ, jiko), 自身 (じしん, jíshin)


 * Korean: 자신 (jasin), 자기자신 (jagijasin)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: خۆ
 * Latin: idem
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:, (genitive case, accusative case),  (dative case, prepositional case), etc.
 * Spanish: yo, ser
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sarili
 * West Frisian:

Anagrams

 * LSFE

Noun
self


 * 1) loan

Pronoun
self


 * 1) self

Alternative forms

 * seolf, sylf

Etymology
, whence also Old High German selb, Old Norse sjálfr