self-improvement

noun

Etymology

From self- + improvement.

  1. formed as self-improvement — “self- + improvement

Definitions

  1. The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health…

    The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.

    • He believes that self-improvement and its growing popularity are symptoms of what he calls individualism.
  2. The bettering of one's status.

    • In the year 1851 a small group of workmen in the Locomotive Department of the old Midland Railway Company at Derby met for self-improvement, and formed what was then known as a "reading society".
    • Ambition and self-improvement are certainly not negatives, although one potential downside to being more self-conscious—especially for punk bands—is muted urgency.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for self-improvement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA