Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

självsyn

English translation:

self-view

Added to glossary by Viachaslau
Dec 14, 2009 12:31
14 yrs ago
Swedish term

självsyn

Swedish to English Science Science (general) portrayals
självsyn
Skildringen av skarvens glupska ålfångst och häckning i höga träd, vilkas lövverk förstörts av deras frätande spillning, antyder självsyn ...
self-interest?
TIA
Change log

Jan 13, 2010 20:45: Viachaslau changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/47012">Helen Johnson's</a> old entry - "självsyn"" to ""self-view""

Proposed translations

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self-view

not sure, but this may work
Example sentence:

"We show that threats to an important self-view can momentarily shake one's confidence in that particular self-view, resulting in the choice of products that help restore confidence in that self-view," wrote the authors.

"Specifically, we show that the effects of lowered self-view confidence on consumer choice can be eliminated by both direct self-view bolstering strategies (for example, purchasing products to restore the specific shaken self-dimension) as well as indirec

Peer comment(s):

agree Nils Andersson : Fits OK
11 mins
thank you, Nils!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks!"
2 mins

autoscopy

Manner of seeing oneself.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Nils Andersson : This is a very high-faluting term for a nature description
36 mins
Thanks. Yes, that may be. It is just the first thing to come to mind. There may well be other ways of expressing this.
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4 hrs

self image

Self image is one's perception of self, and it seems like this is how the term is being used in context.
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