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self·-concept (-kän′sept′)
noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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self-concept Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- student: As a result of teasing, the self-concept of students were also lowered.
Possessives
- student: A longitudinal study of students ' academic self-concept in a streamed setting: The Singapore context.
Converse of object
- develop: We want children to develop a self-concept where being a good person is important to their sense of self.
Adjective modifier
- negative: It ignores cases where subordinate minorities may develop a negative self-concept together with positive attitudes toward the dominant group.
Noun used with modifier
- mathematics: Results indicated a marginally significant difference in mathematics self-concept between the MD and AA groups but no difference between the AA and HA groups.
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