true self
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftrueandself
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true
adjective
uk/truː/us/truː/
(especially of facts or statements) right and not ...
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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 oftrueandselffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftrue self
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Here he hopes to see the world and to find the path to histrueself.
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Less common were conflicts between two attributes both judged to reflecttrueself-behavior (29% and 34%).
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Finally, some clinicians have described autonomy in terms of acting from one's authentic ortrueself.
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In this way, the criteria take the form oftrueself-binding rather than exogenously imposed constraints.
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Thus, it is those opposing attribute pairs representing one false and onetrueself-behavior that are particularly problematic in provoking conflict within the adolescent's selftheory.
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Trueselfis the basis of informed, "wholehearted" behavior, and is associated with a sense of initiative and vitality.
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Moreover, they acknowledged that they were much less likely to be in touch with theirtrueself-attributes.
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I believe being in this job is a miracle, a search for mytrueself.
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The expression of those feelings marks the emergence of thetrueself.
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Hertrueself, she maintained, was like an apple, of which her conscious self was merely a single wedge.
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The aging person sees the image in the mirror as something other than the "trueself" and resists it.
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Trueself-fulfilment for the individual lies in fulfilling social responsibilities to the greatest extent possible.
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Thus, code-switching is also a way for these returnees to express what they consider as theirtrueself.
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The problem is not that histrueselfis being thwarted by alien forces erupting from the nether regions of his psyche.
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It is the nature of romantic irony never to unmask, never to show itstrueself, forever to be changing masks or roles in confrontations with one's surroundings.
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Therefore, the negative false recall of the younger neglected children may be more reflective of thetrueself, and their positive self-schema may be indicative of defensive processing.
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Indeed, the heart oftrueself-government was the ability to enact rules and regulations binding individual members of the association for the good of the whole.
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