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Adjectives with self
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| self-deprecating | showing that you think you are not very good or important |
| self-indulgent | allowing yourself to have or to do something special that you like very much, often something that you should not have or do |
| self-made | a self-made man or woman has become successful without help from other people |
| self-possessed | someone who is self-possessed behaves in a calm and confident way in difficult situations |
| self-respecting | used for talking about people who have the qualities that a particular type of person should have |
| self-sacrificing | choosing not to have or to do something that you want in order to help other people |
| self-satisfied | showing how pleased you are about your own situation in a way that annoys other people |
| act of self-deception | when you make yourself believe something good that is not true, especially something about yourself |
| foster self-reliance | to help someone to become able to do things for themselves and not depend on other people |
| question your self-worth | to have doubts about whether you are as important as other people and deserve to be respected and treated well |
| wallow in self-pity | to spend a lot of time feeling that your situation is worse than other people’s and that people should feel sad for you |
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