as in self-image
the idea that you have about the kind of person you are
People's self-perceptions are often very different from the way other people perceive them.
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Recent Examples of self-perception
The series explores themes of transformation and self-perception through the lens of Japan’s booming aesthetic medicine sector.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
The experience of weight discrimination shaped more than just self-perception.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 5 Aug. 2025
Audio beautifully conveys an exceptional portrayal of Yury’s and Volodya’s evolving self-perceptions amid the homophobia of their surroundings.
—Audiofile Magazine
july 31, Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
Be honest and forthright, because your Leo horoscope for August 2025 begins with Leo season strengthening your first house of selfhood, self-perception, and identity.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 28 July 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
The experience of weight discrimination shaped more than just self-perception.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 5 Aug. 2025
Audio beautifully conveys an exceptional portrayal of Yury’s and Volodya’s evolving self-perceptions amid the homophobia of their surroundings.
—Audiofile Magazine
july 31, Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
Be honest and forthright, because your Leo horoscope for August 2025 begins with Leo season strengthening your first house of selfhood, self-perception, and identity.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-perception
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Rehmeier’s regular cinematographer Jean-Philippe Bernier brings an appropriate warmth to the film’s visual palette, generating a dreamlike tone to the imagery befitting the protagonists’ self-image.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Reprogramming System – Addressing limiting beliefs and emotional patterns around food and self-image that sabotage progress.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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Now her work focuses on how clothing shapes emotional well-being, self-concept, and resilience.—
Virgie Tovar,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Ultimately, McKibben seems unable to imagine an alternative way for modern, secular life to have meaning that is not grounded in a self-concept of hyper-individuality and the false belief that technology does not already mediate every aspect of our existence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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“Self-perception.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-perception. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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