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[ self-ik-spresh-uhn, self- ] / ˈsɛlf ɪkˈsprɛʃ ən, ˌsɛlf- /
nounthe expression or assertion of one's own personality, as in conversation, behavior, poetry, or painting. Origin of self-expressionFirst recorded in 1890–95 OTHER WORDS FROM self-expressionself-ex·pres·sive, adjectiveWords nearby self-expressionself-exculpatory, self-executing, self-exile, self-existent, self-explanatory, self-expression, self-feed, self-feeder, self-fertile, self-fertilization, self-financing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-expressionWith its emphasis on self-expression and three-dimensional adolescents, Awkward. In Praise of ‘Awkward’: OMFG MTV, Like, Really Gets High School|Amy Zimmerman|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST At a time when personal freedom and self-expression swept the country, Rüdiger pressed for more independence. Hunting Down Aribert Heim, Egypt’s Hidden Nazi|Nicholas Kulish, Souad Mekhennet|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Classicist James Romm writes that we have replaced head-to-head competition with collaboration and self-expression. The Olympics Wimps Out on Wrestling and Competition|James Romm|February 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Another theme that I thought was so powerful was the importance of self-expression and the pain of being denied a voice. Ping Fu’s Journey from Cultural Revolution Orphan to Geomagic CEO|Katie Baker|January 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Stuyvesant High School for Shy Nerds, The Oberlin Academy for Self-Expression, and Huntah College for Everybody. Gary Shteyngart: How I Write|Noah Charney|December 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST Like a spark thrown among oily rags, it set my whole being aflame with longing for self-expression. Hungry Hearts|Anzia Yezierska That desire for self-expression is indeed already almost an instinct with many of us. The Passionate Friends|Herbert George Wells It is not in industry alone that the natural impulses of the person for response, recognition, and self-expression are balked. Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park He held that every man should sing, speak, paint or carve—this that he might taste the joys of self-expression. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard All singing should be idealized, should be the result of self-expression, of an expression of the emotions. The Renaissance of the Vocal Art|Edmund Myer
British Dictionary definitions for self-expression
nounthe expression of one's own personality, feelings, etc, as in painting, poetry, or other creative activity Derived forms of self-expressionself-expressive, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |