body image

English

Noun

body image (countable and uncountable, plural body images)

1. The subjective inner picture of one's outward physical appearance.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body image.
   • 2025 January 25, Gözde Cöbek, Özen Baş, Aylin Sunam Audry, İrem İnceoğlu, Yiğit Bahadır Kaya & Aslı Özenç, “Putting Your Best Self or No Self at All? An Analysis of Young Adult’s Dating App Profiles in Turkey”, in Sexuality & Culture, →DOI:

     we found that women are more likely to share facial images while men prefer body images and that women are more likely to share their Instagram accounts than men.

Translations

subjective inner picture of one's physical appearance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 身體形象 / 身体形象 (shēntǐ xíngxiàng), 身體意象 / 身体意象 (shēntǐ yìxiàng)

• Danish: kropsbillede c
• Finnish: ruumiinkuva
• French: image corporelle f
• German: Körperbild n
• Portuguese: imagem corporal f
• Russian: представле́ние о те́ле n (predstavlénije o téle)
• Spanish: imagen corporal f