self-help
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others.
- a self-help book
- 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91:
- Look at the self-help titles in the bookstore, and you'll get a few clues about our culture. They're all about aggression and acquisition. It wouldn't be at all surprising to see a book called How to Force your Will on Other People by Giving Them the Shaft and Fucking Them out of Their Money.
- (law) An act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings.
- self-help repossession
Synonyms
[edit]- (act of bettering oneself): self-improvement
Translations
[edit]bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others
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redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions