Himself vs Perself - What's the difference?
himself | perself | Hyponyms |
(label) Him; (the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject)
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(label) He;
* Bible, (w) vii. 14
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, title= The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; "he himself".
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* Sir (1614-1669)
* 1998 , Kirk Jones, Waking Ned , Tomboy films
(neologism, reflexive) per, themself;
* 1996 February 22, "Susan Groppi" (username), "These messages make me so sad...", in alt.adoption, Usenet :
* 1996 December 6, "Suki L. McDonough" (username), "What's Up?", in soc.women.lesbian-and-bi, Usenet :
* 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
Perself is a hyponym of himself.
As pronouns the difference between himself and perself
is that himself is him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subjectperself is per, themself; Gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of per.himself
English
Pronoun
- The Lord himself shall give you a sign.
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- Yet it is that himselfe had been liberally gratified by his Unkle with militarie rewards, before ever he went to warres.
- With shame remembers, while himself' was one / Of the same herd, ' himself the same had done.
- Dennis: His glass is there and himself is in the toilet.
Synonyms
* hisselfSee also
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*perself
English
Pronoun
(head)- Per injured perself .
- I can't comment on the original poster's motivations, but I do know that some agencies (mine, for instance) will not release any information until the adoptee is 18, and then the adoptee perself has to request the information.
- My hit on the comment was that she was saying that a person on a newsgroup could choose *not* to publicly identify as a member of a visually identifiable minority which is subject to oppression, and therefore spend some time not having to have such oppression directed at perself as an individual (although obviously such a person would still be subject to "ist" postings which aim at the oppressed group in general).
- The person who called perself a dom, but then breached a safeword or did something similarly non-consensual.