单词 | self-conviction |
释义 | self-convictionn. 1. The action of showing by one's own words or behaviour that one is guilty of a crime or error; self-condemnation; an instance of this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > of self self-condemnation1581 self-conviction1620 1620 Dialogue Cosmophilus & Theophilus 14 Surely a pulpit contradiction drawes with it a selfe conviction. 1640 R. Baillie (title) Ladensivm Ἀυτοκατακρισις, The Canterbvrians self-conviction. 1653 J. Gauden Case Ministers Maintenance by Tithes 7 No Souldier may without shame and self-conviction speak against Ministers Maintenance. 1751 Mem. Lady of Quality in T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxxviii. 143 I condemned my own conduct, as indiscreet,..and began to hate him in proportion to the self-conviction I felt. 1831 C. G. F. Gore Pin Money III. x. 221 And she was now to endure the self-conviction of this error of judgment, in all its multiplicious martyrdom! 1917 C. N. Buck Tyranny of Weakness xxi. 193 The care with which the prosecutor cajoles the criminal into self-conviction. 2009 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Mar. 38 The self-conviction of Josef Fritzl was undoubtedly great drama. 2. Strong belief proceeding from one's own knowledge or experience; confidence in one's own abilities, judgement, opinions, etc. Cf. conviction n. 6a.Also occasionally as a count noun. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [noun] > state of being convinced persuasion1534 satisfaction1582 convictment1593 persuadedness1659 self-conviction1673 implicitness1679 conviction1699 unsuspicion1792 unsuspiciousness1809 convincement1825 unsuspectfulness1852 unquestioningness1876 convincedness1882 unsuspectingness1883 1673 J. P. Methode to gain Satisfaction in Relig. 5 An inward self-conviction (which is nothing else but a sence or perswasion wrought gradually upon them by the strength of their several Educations). 1774 Crit. Rev. Dec. 443 Mr. Lovett appears to be a well-meaning man, and seems to write from a self-conviction of the rectitude of his opinions. 1834 J. G. Spurzheim Phrenology (U.S. ed. 1) I. 136 I..invite every one to convince himself by personal examination, since there can be no self-conviction without self-observation. 1880 University Mag. Jan. 62 The air of self-conviction which marked each address made it evident that a genuine thinker and speaker was present. 1904 Mind 13 437 [The author's] great ingenuity and industry deserve some reward—so does his rather emphatic self-conviction. 1995 S. Gaukroger Descartes: Intellect. Biogr. (2002) 123 Self-conviction is a prerequisite for the conviction of others. 2013 R. B. Ness Genius Unmasked vi. 52 Some of the central dispositional features of brilliant innovators include: notable curiosity, self-conviction, and tenacity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1620 |
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