future self

collocation in English

meaningsoffutureandself

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future
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfjuː.tʃər/us
/ˈfjuː.tʃɚ/
happening or existing in ...
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self
noun
uk
/self/us
/self/
the set of someone's characteristics, such as personality and ability, that are not physical and make that person different from ...
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(Definition offutureandselffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffuture self

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The adoption of the rule affects the preferences of thefutureself.
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This means that myfutureselfbelieves that she has no choice but to do what my present self, who adopted the rule, decided.
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By adopting a rule, our present self makes certain alternatives infeasible to ourfutureself.
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He still has prudential reasons to take care of hisfutureself.
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By contrast, on the constraint model, myfutureselfwill not believe that ordering an alcoholic drink is an option for her.
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If myfutureselfwould do the required action without being constrained by the rule, there is no point for me to adopt the rule.
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In the case of alcoholism, the agent benefits from defecting (drinking scotch) in a game he is playing with hisfutureself.
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When myfutureselfwill be at a bar ready to order a drink, she will believe that she has a choice about whether to order alcohol or not.
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However, it seems a poor analogy because, whereas the genetic overlap in altruism toward others is generally low or nonexistent, the genetic overlap with thefutureselfis 100%.
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I trust that as time goes on, we may bring into operation much of thefutureself-government that we so earnestly desire.
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The 1986 budget is a prisoner of past failure to face reality and offutureself-deception.
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Nor, as we have discovered, is there any firm frontier to the area in which infutureself-enacting law can be contained.
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Present andfutureself-discipline will provide the best possible protection against serious excesses of the kind that we have been discussing.
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It is then revealed that the man is the boy'sfutureself, who warns the boy that he is not immortal.
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Formal schooling henceforth became impossible, but his parents spent evenings teaching him to read and write, skills which proved essential forfutureself-education.
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The linkage between the free-child experiences and thefutureself-image can be facilitated by metaphors.
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Thisfutureselfexplains to this person that they should not worry about designing the time machine, as they have done in the future.
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Hisfutureselfwears a similar, but slightly darker tone-wise, scheme.
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Being worried about the not-complete warning, she desperately tries to prevent any possible catastrophe, in the process sustaining every blemish seen on herfutureself.
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