self-description
noun[CorU]
uk/ˌself.dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/us/ˌself.dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/theactof saying yourself what you are or what you are like, or adescriptionin which you do this:
The more hisstudentsachieve, the less heseemstoresemblehis self-descriptionas"just aregularclassroomteacher".
Theynotedthat thepoliticalself-description of "economicallyconservativeandsociallyliberal" wasbecomingincreasinglycommon.
- Theyfoundthatsuccessfulwomentendedtoavoidself-descriptions thatinvolvedstereotypicallyfemininetraits.
- Befitting her self-description as "the people'sdiva", she doesn'tspendmuchtimeworryingaboutunimportantstuff.
- He called himself "acitizenof theworld", and that self-description could not be moreaccurate.
Defining & explaining
- account (tosomeone) forsomething
- accountability
- adumbration
- annotation
- annotator
- crystallize
- demystify
- explicable
- explicate
- expound
- lay
- misdescribe
- miswrite
- nail
- nailsomeonedown
- non-defining
- non-descriptive
- outline
- rough
- trace