What is the difference between himself and self?
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(label) Him; (the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject)
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(label) He;
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, title= The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; "he himself".
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* 1998 , Kirk Jones, Waking Ned , Tomboy films
(obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
Myself.
The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
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*:Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self . It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
* (1788-1856)
*:The self , the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious.
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, title= (lb) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
(botany) To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.
(botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.
(obsolete) same
* 1605 , William Shakespeare, King Lear , I.i:
* Sir Walter Raleigh
* Dryden
Himself is a related term of self.
As pronouns the difference between himself and self
is that himself is (reflexive) him; (the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject) while self is (obsolete) himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).As a noun self is
an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves).As a verb self is
(botany) to fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.As a adjective self is
(obsolete) same.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
(English personal pronouns)External links
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*self
English
(wikipedia self)Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- This argument was put forward by the defendant self .
- I made out a cheque, payable to self , which cheered me up somewhat.
Noun
(en-noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
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Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}
Derived terms
* selfieSee also
* self- * person * I * egoVerb
(en verb)Antonyms
* outcrossAdjective
- I am made of that self mettle as my sister.
- on these self hills
- At that self moment enters Palamon.
