Definition
Definition of self-description - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
social interactionRare way of presenting one's identityRare
- His self-description was confident and assertive.
2.
personal reflectionRare act of describing oneselfRare
- Her self-description revealed her artistic nature.
3.
psychological assessmentRare process of explaining one's own traitsRare
- The therapist asked for a self-description.
Origin of self-description
English, self (oneself) + description (depiction)
Terms with self-description included in their meaning
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self-description
claim an identity or describe oneself as a member of a group
self-description
describes something typical of one's character
admission self-description
admitting or describing oneself as having a certain trait
self description
state being female in a simple or modest way
Examples of self-description in a sentence
In his self-description, he mentioned his love for music. His self-description was surprisingly candid and revealing. The interview required a brief self-description. Her self-description revealed her artistic side. He struggled with his self-description during the interview.
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- French:description de soi, portrait personnel, ...
- German:Selbstbeschreibung, ...
- Italian:autodescrizione, auto-descrizione, ...
- Spanish:autodescripción, ...
- Portuguese:auto-descrição, autodescrição, ...
- Chinese:自我描述, ...
- Japanese:自己紹介, 自己説明, ...
- Arabic:وَصْفُ الذَّات, تَعْبِير عَن الذَّات, ...
- Hebrew:תֵּאוּר עַצְמִי, תֵּאוּר עַצְמִי, ...
- Russian:самоописание, автопортрет, ...
- Ukrainian:самоопис, самоописання, ...
- Hindi:आत्म-वर्णन, स्व-वर्णन, ...
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