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SELF-REFORMATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does self-reformation mean?
• SELF-REFORMATION (noun)
The noun SELF-REFORMATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of improving yourself
Familiarity information: SELF-REFORMATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of improving yourself
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
self-improvement; self-reformation
Hypernyms ("self-reformation" is a kind of...):
improvement (the act of improving something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-reformation"):
auto-suggestion; autosuggestion; self-suggestion (a system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s)
reform (self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice)
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