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Definition of "self-improvement" [self-improvement]

  • Improvement of one's condition through one's own efforts. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "self-improvement" in a sentence
  • "The Quantified Self, which, in the name of self-improvement, provides tools for collecting data on every aspect of your daily life: sleeping, eating, having sex, worrying, having coffee and so forth."
  • "There is a disease in the Western World, and it's called "self-improvement.""
  • "“Every week I pick up a pearl that I can use as a self-improvement tool.”"