self-improvement
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self-improvement
noun self-improvements
- The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character. He believes that self-improvement and its growing popularity are symptoms of what he calls individualism.
- The bettering of one's status. In the year 1851 a small group of workmen in the Locomotive Department of the old Midland Railway Company at Derby met for self-improvement, and formed what was then known as a "reading society".
Similar: self-help
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noun following a disciplined programme to improve one’s health or character
| Español | superación personal, autosuperación |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 自我改善 zìwǒ gǎishàn, 自我修養 /自我修养 zìwǒ xiūyǎng, 自強 /自强 zìqiáng |
| Français | développement personnel |
| Deutsch | Selbstverbesserung, Selbstentwicklung, persönliche Weiterbildung |
| Italiano | automiglioramento, autoperfezionamento |
| Ελληνικά | αυτοβελτίωση aftoveltíosi |
| Русский | самосоверше́нствование samosoveršénstvovanije |
| Tiếng Việt | tự cải tiến |
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