Noun

1. An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness.
   • Sir W. Hamilton

     The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious.

Related terms

• selfdom
• selfhood
• selfish
• selfless
• selfsame
• myself, ourselves, yourself, thyself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself, one's self

Adjective

1. same
   • 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, I.i:

     I am made of that self mettle as my sister.