self-improvement

self-improvement

English

Etymology

self- +‎ improvement

Noun

self-improvement (countable and uncountable, plural self-improvements)

1. The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.
2. The bettering of one's status.
   • 1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:

     In the year 1851 a small group of workmen in the Locomotive Department of the old Midland Railway Company at Derby met for self-improvement, and formed what was then known as a "reading society".

   • 2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     Ambition and self-improvement are certainly not negatives, although one potential downside to being more self-conscious—especially for punk bands—is muted urgency.

Synonyms

• self-help

Hypernyms

• improvement

Derived terms

• self-improving

Translations

following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character

Chinese: Mandarin: 自我改善 (zìwǒ gǎishàn), 自我修養／自我修养 (zìwǒ xiūyǎng), 自強／自强 (zh) (zìqiáng) Czech: sebezdokonalování n Estonian: enesetäiendus Finnish: itsensä kehittäminen French: auto-amélioration Greek: αυτοβελτίωση (el) (aftoveltíosi) Italian: automiglioramento m, autoperfezionamento m Malagasy: fampihatsaran-tena, fihatsaran-tena Russian: самосовершенствование (ru) n (samosoveršenstvovanije) Serbian: Cyrillic: самоусавршавање n Roman: samousavršavanje n Slovak: sebazdokonaľovanie n Spanish: superación personal, autosuperación Vietnamese: tự cải tiến

References

• self-improvement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia