self-improvement
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- noun
- /ˈsɛlf ɪmˈpruːvmənt/
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- Unlike Western culture, Asian cultures have emphasized the value of self-improvement in education.
- self-improvement opportunities
- self-improvement goals
- desire for self-improvement
I'm realizing that self improvement is a lifestyle.
- I'm realizing that self improvement is a lifestyle.
- I like romance books and I like self improvement books and I like spiritual books.
- At the extreme of self improvement, your whole life becomes about you.
- I felt like people either come into self improvement one or two ways.
- I, I've always been somebody that strives for self improvement.
- And I feel like one of the best things you can do for self improvement is get good at taking criticism.
- But yes, we need to be instilling values that lead to self discovery and self improvement.
- Compassion, in fact, motivates self improvement.
- What are you cultivating inside of yourself that can lead to greater self-awareness, self improvement?
- And I think it's it's self improvement on a general scale.
- And all self improvement does is it focuses on these greens.
- So for me, it's, it's I, I see a very direct connection between self improvement and ethics.
Examples
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On the same token, it really seems that no amount of self improvement will make up for a lack of self acceptance.
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I'm realizing that self improvement is a lifestyle.
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I felt like people either come into self improvement one or two ways.
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And I feel like one of the best things you can do for self improvement is get good at taking criticism.
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Nope, self improvement is a major interest of mine.
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So self improvement obviously is one reason to head to the colonies.
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It's time we concerned ourselves with self-improvement.
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I'm on a journey of self-improvement.
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Daniel was really encouraging about my self-improvement.
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She decided to focus on self-improvement by reading more books and attending workshops.
Synonyms
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To try to improve your life alone using books or courses
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To improve yourself by learning about your feelings and skills over time
Working to improve yourself by learning and changing your habits
Making serious changes in your own behavior and character to become a better person
Antonyms
How Improved
Surface Forms
Morphology
self-improvement = self + improvement (transparent) = self + improve + ment
The meaning is a straightforward combination of 'self' (oneself) and 'improvement' (the process of becoming better), which learners can directly infer.
Etymology
The word self-improvement comes from the parts self ('oneself') and improve ('to make better'). So, self-improvement means working on yourself to become better in skills, habits, or character by your own effort.