| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| self-report personality inventory developed by Raymond B. Cattell to measure the 16 personality dimensions that emerged from his factor analysis of a wide range of traits |
16 PF
,
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
|
| depriving one of self-esteem |
abasement
,
humiliation
|
| self-denial |
abnegation
,
abstinence
,
ascetic
,
asceticism
,
selflessness
|
| someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline |
abstainer
,
ascetic
|
| self-denial of indulging |
abstemiousness
,
abstinence
,
temperance
|
| steerable self-propelled airship |
airship
,
dirigible
|
| self, second |
alter ego
|
| practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture |
alternative medicine
|
| religion believing in a self-sufficient lifestyle that rejects influences of modern life |
Amish
|
| logically self-evident |
analytic
,
apodictic
,
a priori
,
tautologous
|
| (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious |
anima
|
| vomiting, eating disorder, self-induced |
anorexia nervosa
,
bulimia
,
bulimia nervosa
,
bulimorexia
|
| self-assurance |
aplomb
,
poise
|
| someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect |
apple polisher
,
ass-kisser
,
bootlicker
,
fawner
,
groveler
,
groveller
,
truckler
|
| device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus |
Aqua-Lung
,
aqualung
,
scuba
|
| small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described |
Arabidopsis thaliana
,
mouse-ear cress
|
| rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint |
ascesis
,
asceticism
|
| self-discipline, one living life of |
ascetic
|
| strict, self-denying |
ascetic
,
austere
,
puritanical
|
| trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) |
asceticism
,
austerity
,
nonindulgence
|
