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The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
The bettering of one's status.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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the act of improving yourself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-reformation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: improvement
Narrower terms: autosuggestion, auto-suggestion, self-suggestion, reform
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English improvement English self-improvement From self- + improvement.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
самоусъвърше́нстване
(samousǎvǎršénstvane)
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Chinese Mandarin:
自我改善
(zìwǒ gǎishàn)
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Chinese Mandarin:
自我修養 /自我修养
(zìwǒ xiūyǎng)
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Chinese Mandarin:
自強 /自强
(zìqiáng)
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Czech:
sebezdokonalování
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Dutch:
persoonlijke ontwikkeling
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Estonian:
enesetäiendus
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Finnish:
itsensä kehittäminen
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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French:
développement personnel
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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German:
Selbstverbesserung
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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German:
Selbstentwicklung
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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German:
persönliche Weiterbildung
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Greek:
αυτοβελτίωση
(aftoveltíosi)
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Italian:
automiglioramento
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Italian:
autoperfezionamento
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Macedonian:
самоподобрување
(samopodobruvanje)
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Malagasy:
fampihatsaran-tena
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Malagasy:
fihatsaran-tena
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Polish:
rozwój osobisty
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Russian:
самосоверше́нствование
(samosoveršénstvovanije)
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Serbian:
самоусавршавање
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Serbian:
samousavršavanje
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Slovak:
sebazdokonaľovanie
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Spanish:
superación personal
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Spanish:
autosuperación
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Ukrainian:
самовдоскона́лення
(samovdoskonálennja)
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Ukrainian:
самоудоскона́лення
(samoudoskonálennja)
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
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Vietnamese:
tự cải tiến
— following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character