Selflike
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Exactly similar; corresponding.
- 2 Of or pertaining to self or one's self; personal; individual; own.
"But this is precisely what Shpet does: he projects onto the "word-concept" selflike qualities that are by no means necessarily foreseen in Husserl, suggesting at once that our selves are structured like it and that it is a kind of self [...]"
- 3 Selfish; self-centered.
"Because the selflike (selbstische) universality, the subjective One (Bins) of the individuality, does not separate itself from the real particularization but is only submerged in it, [...]"
Example
More examples"But this is precisely what Shpet does: he projects onto the "word-concept" selflike qualities that are by no means necessarily foreseen in Husserl, suggesting at once that our selves are structured like it and that it is a kind of self [...]"
Etymology
From self + -like. Compare selfly.
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