oneself
Word-form referencesone
Pronunciations
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/wʌnˈsɛlf/
Pronoun
A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself.
Usage- form-of
- Reflexive
- Synonyms
- one's selfone's ass
- Related words
- oneselfmemyselfmemysenmineweusourselvesourselfoursenouryouyourselfyoursenyourthoutheethyselftheeselfthysenthineyourselvesyou ally'all you guys yousy'allselvesall yours y'all's you guys' your guys'hehimhissheherherselfhersenithititselfhitselftheythemthemselfthemselvestheirstheirone'sthemhem'emthemselvestheirsenThe following table shows a list of English personal pronounincluding archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsoletearchaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.
- Examples
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Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.
More examples (1)
If attending to your childhood wounds and responding with kindness feels selfish, it is important to remember that compassion for oneself often makes people more compassionate to others, Lev said.