inner self

collocation in English

meaningsofinnerandself

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inner
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɪn.ər/us
/ˈɪn.ɚ/
inside or contained within ...
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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 ofinnerandselffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinner self

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Resilient self-esteem over a 10-year period was associated with reference toinnerself-beliefs and values and particularly to personal relationships outside the family.
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The outer body can be interpreted as a betrayal of the youthfulness of theinnerself.
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In this sense, this spiritual pain can be classified as the pain of a being in relationship, which emerges between self andinnerself.
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It might be that certain part of the record that everybody waits for - they just let theirinnerselfgo and get wild.
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We can hypothesise that with age we find a growing discrepancy between theinnerselfand the outer ageing bodily disguise.
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There are two discourses of theinnerselfapparent here: psychology and morality.
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In contrast, film portrayals of elder men promise viewers a dynamic old age where theinnerself, social interactions, and outer body are congruent, untouched by the passage of years.
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Augustine never held a quasi-isolated concept of theinnerself.
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But when a resplendentinnerselfpierces the grossness that envelops it, some, quite irrationally, extend it heartfelt adoration; others, just as irrationally, try heart and soul to insult it.
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They experience fear and guilt over and over, until all that remains is a bruised body with theinnerselfsucked out of it.
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The structure and the happenings of society shapes onesinnerselfand it can also be reversed.
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Ceremonies put undue importance to external forms, often ignore theinnerself.
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However, by the 1780s, the new, natural style allowed onesinnerselfto transcend their clothes.
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He is at home in his traditional world, is at peace with hisinnerselfand the social mores of the time.
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Good fortune is allegedly achieved by finding and understanding thisinnerselfthat has been obscured.
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