Examples of self-conception in a Sentence
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This is in keeping with our flattering self-conception as optimizers and pragmatists.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Encompassing Africana studies, medieval scholarship, historiography, and philosophy, this book surveys centuries of literature, history, and theology to argue for Africa’s influence on Europe’s self-conception.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
In other words, the goonstate, so central to the subculture’s branding and self-conception, is only rarely attained.
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Daniel Kolitz,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Part of him wants to aggrandize the country to reflect his own inflated self-conception.
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Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
The foreign minister’s comments were confusing, but his deputy elucidated them in much clearer terms about the government’s self-conception.
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Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
And this right to dissent, on moral grounds, is something that Zinn rightfully pinpoints as essential to America’s self-conception.
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James Folta,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
Encompassing Africana studies, medieval scholarship, historiography, and philosophy, this book surveys centuries of literature, history, and theology to argue for Africa’s influence on Europe’s self-conception.
—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
In other words, the goonstate, so central to the subculture’s branding and self-conception, is only rarely attained.
—
Daniel Kolitz,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Part of him wants to aggrandize the country to reflect his own inflated self-conception.
—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
The foreign minister’s comments were confusing, but his deputy elucidated them in much clearer terms about the government’s self-conception.
—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
And this right to dissent, on moral grounds, is something that Zinn rightfully pinpoints as essential to America’s self-conception.
—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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“Self-conception.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-conception. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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