self-improvement
nounEtymology
From self- + improvement.
Definitions
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.
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
- synonymself-help
- neighborimprovement
Derived
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