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self-immolation (n.)[self-immolation 词源字典]: also self immolation, 1817, from self- + immolation.[self-immolation etymology, self-immolation origin, 英语词源]
self-important (adj.): "having or showing an exaggerated estimation of one's own importance," 1728, from self- + important. Related: Self-importance (1728).
self-improvement (n.): also self improvement, 1748, from self- + improvement.
self-incrimination (n.): also self incrimination, 1892, from self- + incrimination.
self-indulgence (n.): also self indulgence, 1753, from self- + indulgence.
self-indulgent (adj.): also self indulgent, 1791, from self- + indulgent. Related: Self-indulgently.
self-inflict (v.): 1784, from self- + inflict. Related: self-inflicted.
self-interest (n.): also self interest, 1640s, from self- + interest (n.). Related: Self-interested.
[Self-interest] is a doctrine not very lofty, but clear and sure. It does not seek to attain great objects; but it attains those it aims for without too much effort. ... [It] does not produce great devotion; but it suggests little sacrifices each day; by itself it cannot make a man virtuous; but it forms a multitude of citizens who are regulated, temperate, moderate, farsighted, masters of themselves; and if it does not lead directly to virtue through the will, it brings them near to it insensibly through habits. [Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"]
self-involved (adj.): 1812, from self- + involved.
self-justification (n.): 1650s, from self- + justification.
self-love (n.): also self love, 1560s, from self- + love (n.).
self-made (adj.): 1610s, "made by oneself," from self- + made. Self-made man first recorded 1832, American English; the sense is "having attained material success in life without extraneous advantages."
self-motivation (n.): 1980 (self-motivated attested from 1949), from self- + motivation. Related: Self-motivational.
self-perception (n.): 1670s, from self- + perception.
self-perfection (n.): "perfection of one's character or life," 1810, from self- + perfection.
self-pity (n.): 1620s, from self- + pity (n.). Related: Self-pitying.
self-portrait (n.): 1821, from self- + portrait, translating German Selbstbildnis.
self-possession (n.): "command of one's emotions," 1745, from self- + possession (n.). Related: Self-possessed.
self-preservation (n.): 1610s, from self- + preservation. First attested in Donne.
self-protection (n.): 1706, from self- + protection.