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self-improvement
[ self-im-proov-muhnt, self- ]
noun
- improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
self-improvement
noun
- the improvement of one's status, position, education, etc, by one's own efforts
Other Words From
- self-im·prova·ble adjective
- self-im·prover noun
- self-im·proving adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of self-improvement1
Example Sentences
Another said just the act of spending money on self-improvement made him determined to break out of his shell.
Self improvement goals also lend themselves to behaviors too.
Education is a series of hoops to jump through, not a process of self-improvement or self-discovery.
When first genomics started, we figured the result would be self-improvement—literally.
Yet it also expresses hope—the thing with feathers that allows us to believe self-improvement is possible.
Culture, in a broad sense, is the aid rendered to each individual creation in its work of self-improvement.
Quin's desire for self-improvement soon became an obsession.
What mistake more fatal to everything like self-improvement, culture, knowledge, happiness?
And to carry out their projects of organization, conversion and self-improvement, they subscribe large funds to a common treasury.
A man works in a sweatshop, and has only a little time for self-improvement, and will I tell him what books he ought to read?
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