self-command 
Suffering had matured his [Frederic's] understanding, 
while it had hardened his heart and soured his temper. 
He had learnt self-command and dissimulation : he af- 
fected to conform to some of his father's views. 
Macaulay, Frederic the Great. 
self-complacency (self-kom-pla'sen-si), n. The 
state of being self-complacent ; satisfaction 
with one's self, or with one's own opinions or 
conduct. 
What is expressed more particularly by Self-compla- 
cency is the act of taking pleasure in the contemplation 
of one's own merits, excellences, productions, and various 
connexions. A. Bain, Emotions and Will, p. 103. 
self-complacent (self-koin-pla'sent), u. Pleased 
with one's self ; self-satisfied. 
In counting up the catalogue of hie own excellences the 
self-complacent man may beguile a weary hour. 
A. Bain, Emotions and Will, p. 108. 
self-conceit (self-kqn-sef), 11. An overweening 
opinion of one's self; vanity. 
Thyself from flattering self-conceit defend. 
Sir J. Denham, Prudence. 
Self-conceit comes from a vague Imagination of possess- 
ing some great genius or superiority ; and not from any 
actual, precise knowledge of what we are. 
J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 105. 
= Syn. Pride, Vanity, etc. See egotism. 
self-conceited (self-kon-se'ted), a. Having self- 
conceit ; having an overweening opinion of one's 
own person, qualities, oraccoraplishments ; con- 
ceited; vain. 
Others there be which, self-conceited wise, 
Take a great pride In their owne vaine surmise, 
That all men think them soe. 
Times' Whittle (E. E. T. S.), p. 34. 
Some men are so desperately self-conceited that they take 
every man to be self-conceited that is not of their conceits. 
Baxter, Self-Denial, xiv. 
self-conceitedness (self -kon-se' ted -nes), n. 
Conceited character or manner ; an overween- 
ing opinion of one's own person, qualities, or 
accomplishments; vanity; self-conceit. 
Because the papists have gone too far in teaching men 
to depend on the church and on their teachers, therefore 
self-conceitedness takes advantage of their error to draw 
men into the contrary extreme, and make every Infant 
Christian to think himself wiser than his most experienced 
brethren and teachers. Baxter, Self-Denial, xiv. 
self-COndemnation (self-kon-dem-na'shon), H. 
Condemnation by one's own conscience or con- 
fession. 
self-condemned (self-kon-demd'), a. Con- 
demned by one's own conscience or confes- 
sion. 
self-condemning (self-kon-dem'ing), a. Con- 
demning one's self. 
Johnson laughed at this good quietist's self condemning 
expressions. Bosieell, Johnson, II. 15S. 
self-COnfldence (self-kon'fi-dens), n. Confi- 
dence in one's own judgment or ability ; reli- 
ance on one's own observation, opinions, or 
powers, without other aid. 
The preference of self to those less esteemed, the respect 
for our own good qualities, is shown in various ways, and 
perhaps most conspicuously in the feature of Self-confi- 
dence. A. Bain, Emotions and Will, p. 103. 
self-confident (self-kon'fi-dent), a. Confident 
of one's own strength or qualifications; relying 
on the correctness of one's own judgment, or 
the capability of one's own powers, without 
other aid. 
self-confidently (self-kon'fi-dent-li), adv. With 
self-confidence. 
self-confiding (self-kon-fi'ding),fl. Confidingin 
one's own judgment or powers; self-confident. 
To warn the thoughtless self-confiding train 
No more unlicens'd thus to brave the main. 
Pope, Odyssey, xiii. 174. 
self-COngratulation (self-kon-grat-u-la'shqu), 
n. The act or state of congratulating or felici- 
tating one's self. 
But the crowd drowned their appeal in exclamations of 
self-congratulation and triumph. St. Nicholas, XVII. 920. 
Self-congratulation that we do not live under foreign 
criminal law. Athenamn, No. 8272, p. 61. 
self-conjugate (self-kon'- 
jo-gat), a. Conjugate to 
itself Self-conjugate pen- 
tagon, a pentagon every side 
of which is the polar of the 
opposite vertex relatively to a 
given conic. Every plane pen- 
tagon is self-conjugate relative- 
ly to some conic. Self-con- 
jugate subgroup, a subgroup 
of substitutions of which each 
one, T', is related to some other 
T by the transformation T' = 
STS~', where S is some opera- 
tion of the main group. Self- 
conjugate triangle, a trian- 
gle of which each side is the po 
relatively to a given conic. 
Self-conjugate Triangle. 
The vertices of LMN, the 
self-conjugate triangle, are 
each the pole of the opposite 
side. This is shown by the 
fact that they are at the in- 
tersections of the sides of 
the quadrangle, ABCD, in- 
scribed in the conic. 
ar of the opposite vertex 
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self-conscious (self-kon'shus), . 1. Aware of 
one's self; having self -consciousness. 
Speculation and moral action are co-ordinate employ, 
menta of the same self-conscious soul, and of the same 
powers of that soul, only differently directed. 
T. H. Qreen, Prolegomena to Ethics, 149. 
2. Conscious of one's self as an object of ob- 
servation to others; apt to think of how one 
appears to others. 
Barcelona is the only town in Spain where the inhabi- 
tants do not appear self-conscious, the only one that has at 
all the cosmopolitan air. 
C. D. Warner, Roundabout Journey, xxi. 
Self-COnSCiOUSneSS (self-kon'shus-nes), H. 1. 
In pliilox., the act or state of being aware of 
one's self, (a) The state of being aware of the subject 
as opposed to the object in cognition or volition ; that ele- 
ment of a sense of reaction which consists in a conscious- 
ness of the internal correlative. Many psychologists deny 
the existence of a direct sense of reaction, or of any im- 
mediate knowledge of anything but an object of know- 
ledge. (6) An immediate perception by the soul of itself. 
This is denied by almost all psychologists, (c) A direct 
perception of modifications of consciousness as such, and 
as discriminated from external objects ; introspection. 
Many psychologists deny this. 
Perception Is the power by which we are made aware of 
the phenomena of the external world ; Self -consciousness 
the power by which we apprehend the phenomena of the 
internal. Sir W. Hamilton, Metaph., xxlx. 
(of) An instinctive idea of a self, or element of cognition, 
subject to correction or amplification, and thus distin- 
guished from objective reality, (e) An acquired know- 
ledge of a self aa a center of motives. 
2. A state of being self-conscious; the feeling 
of being under the observation of others. 
That entire absence of self-consciousness which belongs 
to keenly felt trouble. 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, Hi. 3. 
O\ei self-consciousness, too much Inwardness and painful 
self .Inspection, absence of trust in our instincts and of the 
healthful study of Nature. Amer. Jour. Psychol., I. 636. 
= Syn. 2. Pride, Egotism, Vanity, etc. See egotism. 
self-considering (self-kon-sid'er-ing), a. Con- 
sidering in one's own mind; deliberating. 
In dubious thought the king awaits, 
And self-considering, as he stands, debates. Pope. 
self-consistency (self-kon-sis'ten-si), n. The 
quality or state of being self-consistent. 
self-consistent (self-kon-sis'tent), a. Consis- 
tent or not at variance with one's self or with 
itself. 
self-constituted (self-kon'sti-tu-ted), a. Con- 
stituted by one's self or by itself: as, self-con- 
stituted judges; a self-constituted guardian. 
self-consuming (self-kon-su'ming), a. Consum- 
ing one's self or itself. 
What is loose love? a transient gust, . . . 
A vapour fed from wild desire, 
A wandering, self-consuming flre. 
Pope, Choi, to Tragedy of Brutus, ii. 
self-contained (self-kon-tand'), a. 1. Contained 
or wrapped up in one's self ; reserved; not sym- 
pathetic or communicative. 
The queen . . . thought him cold, 
High, self-contain'd, and passionless. 
Tennyson, Guinevere. 
2. Having an entrance for itself, and not ap- 
proachedby an entrance or stair common to oth- 
ers: as, a self-contained house. [Scotland.] 
3. Complete in itself : as, a, self-contained motor. 
Self-contained engine, an engine and boiler in one, 
complete for working, similar to a portable engine, but 
without the traveling-gear. E. H. Knight. 
self-contempt (self-kon-tempf), . Contempt 
for one's self. 
Perish in thy self-contempt ! Tennyson, Locksley HaJl. 
self-content (self-kon-tenf), n. Satisfaction 
with one's self ; self-complacency. 
There is too much self-complacency and self-content in 
him. Portfolio, N. S., No. 6, p. 125. 
self-contradiction (self-kon-tra-dik'shpn), n. 
1 . The act or fact of contradicting one's self : 
as, the self-contradiction of a witness. 2. A 
statement, proposition, or the like which is con- 
tradictory in itself, or of which the terms are 
mutually contradictory: as, the self-eontriuHr- 
tions of a doctrine or an argument. 
self-contradictory (self-kon-tra-dik'to-ri), a. 
Contradicting or inconsistent with itself. 
Men had better own their ignorance than advance doc- 
trines which are self-contradictory. Spectator. 
self-control (self-kon-trol'), . Self-command ; 
self-restraint. 
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, 
These three alone lead life to sovereign power. 
Tennyson, (Eiioue. 
self-convicted (self-kon-vik'ted), a. Convicted 
by one's own consciousness, knowledge, or 
avowal. 
Guilt stands self -convicted when arraign'd. 
Savage, The Wanderer, Hi 
self-denying 
self-conviction (self-kon-vik'shon I, ii. Con- 
viction proceeding from one's own conscious- 
ness, knowledge, or confession. 
No wonder such a spirit, in such a situation, is provoked 
beyond the regards of religion or self conviction. Su-ift. 
self-correspondence (self-kor-e-spon'dens), . 
A system of correspondence by which the point s 
of u manifold correspond to one another. 
self-corresponding (self-kor-e-spon'ding), . 
Corresponding to itself: thus, in a one-to-one 
continuous correspondence of the points of a 
surface to one another, there are always two 
or more self-corresponding points which corre- 
spond to themselves. 
self-covered (self-kuv'erd),a. t Covered, clothed, 
or dressed in one's native semblance. 
Thou changed and self-cover'd thing, for shame. 
Shale., Lear, iv. 2. 82. 
self-creation (self-kre-a'shon), ii. The act of 
coming into existence by the vitality of one's 
own nature, without other cause. 
self-criticism (self-krit'i-sizm), H. Criticism 
of one's self. 
self-culture (self-kul'tur), n. Culture, train- 
ing, or education of one's self without the aid 
of teachers. 
Self-culture is what a man may do upon himself : mend- 
ing his defects, correcting his mistakes, chastening his 
faults, tempering his passions. 
//. Bushnell, Sermons on Living Subjects, 2d ser. , p. 65. 
self-danger* (self-dau'jer), n. Danger from 
one's self. 
If you could . . . but disguise 
That which, to appear itself, must not yet be 
But by self-danger. Shale., Cymbellne, iii. 4. 149. 
self-deceit (self-de-set' ), ii. Deception respect- 
ing one's self, or which originates from one's 
own mistake; self-deception. 
This fatal hypocrisy and self-deceit ... is taken notice 
of in these words : Who can understand his errors ? cleanse 
thon me from secret faults. Addison, Spectator, No. 399. 
self-deceiver (self-de-se'ver), H. One who de- 
ceives himself. 
self-deception (self-de-sep'shon), n. Decep- 
tion concerning one's self; also, the act of de- 
ceiving one's self. 
self-defense (self-de-feus'), . The act of de- 
fending one's own person, property, or reputa- 
tion ; in law, the act of forcibly resisting a for- 
cible attack upon one's own person or property, 
or upon the persons or property of those whom, 
by law, one has a right to protect and defend. 
Robinson. -The art of self-defense, boxing; pugilism. 
self-defensive (self-de-fen'siv), a. Tending to 
defend one's self; of the nature of self-defense. 
self-delation (self-de-la'shon), ii. Accusation 
of one's self. 
Bound to Inform against himself, to be the agent of the 
most rigid self-delation. MUmtm. 
self-delusion (self-de-lu'zhon), n. The delud- 
ing of one's self, or 'delusion respecting one's 
self. 
Are not these strange self-delusions, and yet attested by 
common experience? South, Sermons. 
self-denial (self-de-ni'al), . The act of deny- 
ing one's own wishes, or refusing to satisfy 
one's own desires, especially from a moral, reli- 
gious, or altruistic motive; the forbearing to 
gratify one's own appetites or desires. 
Another occasion of reproach is that the gospel teaches 
mortification and self-denial in a very great degree. 
Wattt, Works, I. 220. 
One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination 
to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feel- 
ings, passionate prayers, in which idle people indulge 
themselves. J. H. Neurman, Parochial Sermons, i. 188. 
=8yn. Self-denial, Self-sacrifice, Austerity, Asceticism, 
self-abnegation, self -forgetful ness. The italicized words 
agree in representing the voluntary refusal or surrender 
of personal comfort or desires. Self-denial is to be pre- 
sumed wise, necessary, or benevolent, unless indication 
is given to the contrary ; it may be the denial of selfish- 
ness; it may be not only the refusal to take what one 
might have, but the voluntary surrender of what one bus ; 
it may be an act, a habit, or a principle. Self-sacrifice 
goes beyond self-denial in necessarily including the idea 
of surrender, as of comfort, inclination, time, health, 
while being also presumably in the line of a real duty. 
The definition of austerity is implied in that of austere 
in the comparison under austere; it stands just at the 
edge of that frame of mind which regards self denial as 
good for its own sake ; it pushes simplicity of living and 
the refusal of pleasure beyond what is deemed necessary 
or helpful to right living by the great mass of those who 
are equally earnest with the austere in trying to live 
rightly. Asceticism goes beyond austerity, being more 
manifestly excessive and more clearly delighting in self- 
niortiflcution as a good in itself ; it also generally includes 
somewhat of the disposition to retire from the world. 
See austere. 
self -denying (self-df-iu'ing),. Denying one's 
self; characterized bv self-denial. 
