(pron.) A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.
Example Sentences:
(1) This "first exposure" determines whether one views oneself as "sick" or changed.
(2) Following the cognitive orientation theory, we hypothesized that beliefs concerning goals, norms, oneself, and general beliefs would predict the extent of improvement following acupuncture.
(3) It is doubtful, however, whether complaining to Hillary Clinton about settlements, and positioning oneself as the "independent technocrat" to head up a unity government, will be enough to rescue his reputation across the occupied territories.
(4) This mythology, embodied over those decades in the Horatio Alger stories consumed particularly by upwardly mobile young men and in the phrase "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps", consistently held out that American promise by equating hard work (along with other good Puritan values such as delayed gratification, temperance, saving and self-reliance) with economic success.
(5) Days when the only thing to do is to grit one’s teeth and force oneself to think different thoughts.
(6) Nearly all of the world’s religions involve some sort of ritual cleansing by submerging oneself or parts of the body in water, from mikveh to baptism to ablutions.
(7) Both types of abuse were associated with the following behaviors: running away; considering hurting oneself; suicide attempts; and the use of drugs, pot (marijuana), cigarettes, and laxatives.
(8) The 10 most common symptoms were paranoid ideas, hearing of voices, talking to oneself, insomnia, aggression, abnormal behaviour, laughing to oneself, disturbed behaviour, crying to oneself and withdrawn behaviour.
(9) The markers, maps, cues, and senses used to orient oneself to the immediate environment are not recognizable.
(10) It was found that a considerable decrease in the appraisal of oneself as a sexual partner is generally basic to the problem.
(11) This eagerness to declare oneself exempt from the rules to which others are bound, on the grounds of one's own objective superiority, is always the animating sentiment behind nationalistic criminality.
(12) Attitudes about oneself, illness and death, occupation, personal growth, and professional relationships were assessed with a semantic differential questionnaire before training, after training, and 1 year later.
(13) Sometimes, it seems, calling oneself a feminist is a personal act of vanity, with no wider resonance – witness Louise Mensch the feminist , Theresa May the feminist and, most fantastically, Margaret Thatcher the feminist, even though her supporters will happily tell you that the woman stood for no one but herself.
(14) Building walls is just isolating oneself,” he said.
(15) Serum cholesterol varied directly (p less than 0.02) with: body weight, serum albumin, serum total protein, serum sodium, ability to walk, and ability to feed oneself; and indirectly (p less than 0.02) with death rate, degree of functional dependence, and serum SGOT and LDH.
(16) Negative emotional states were induced in second-grade children by one of four processes, all of which involved social rejection content: cognition that focused on (a) the self (thinking about oneself being rejected by a peer) or (b) another person (thinking about a peer being rejected); or experience that related to (c) oneself (actually being socially rejected) or (d) observing another (vicarious: seeing a peer be socially rejected).
(17) By limiting oneself to these planes, the examination can be carried out on patients with acute symptoms.
(18) Pursuing protectionism is like locking oneself in a dark room.
(19) Itʼs quite a feat when you think about it, to cast oneself as a great feminist crusader while you perfect the art of self objectification and then go on to spend your entire career pandering to the male gaze.
(20) Asked about the moral implications, RTL quoted her as saying: “I think one must decide that for oneself.” Bild reported on Raunigk 10 years ago when she gave birth to her 13th child, quoting her at the time as saying she had originally envisaged having only one.
Reticent
Definition:
(a.) Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
Example Sentences:
(1) The simple answer: absolutely no.” The reticence of others to publicly support her had been disheartening at times.
(2) And as for his much-feted reticence and unwillingness to be made into a 'personality' himself well, you'd have to say that was the icing on the cake.
(3) San Dhillon, the executive director at Exane BNP Paribas, saidBT has been “reticent and hesitant” to offer remedies that would truly make Openreach independent.
(4) He developed a parallel career as a rock video director after mentioning in a meeting with record label and film company Warp that he loved the Arctic Monkeys, and ended up directing a string of videos for them (given the band's legendary reticence, the mind boggles at what the initial meeting was like) as well as Vampire Weekend , Kasabian and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs .
(5) I want this to happen in a consensual, sensible, non-inflammatory way and that's why I've been so reticent about it."
(6) The famously reticent Tartt has not given an interview about herself or her writing for a decade.
(7) Ophthalmologists have shown some reticence to having the entire bony support of the medial wall of the orbit and half the floor removed.
(8) I’m not talking about a reticence that would be linked to a physical problem, I’m talking about the heart that’s not quite in it anymore.
(9) I’m still not sure we were right to take it off.” The British have always been less comfortable accepting labels than the Americans but there’s much more to Benner’s reticence and Thompson’s unease around the term than that.
(10) Le Pen’s campaign, which begins in earnest in February, will depend heavily on Philippot’s claim that he can neutralise hostility and win over reticent parts of the electorate.
(11) My colleague is still very reticent at attending the very international conferences she should be going to in order to become a successful academic.
(12) There is unlikely to be such reticence from the Football Association towards the Goodison club after numerous objects were thrown at Suárez in the closing minutes.
(13) Shelvey’s only previous cap came in October 2012 against San Marino, as a 66th-minute substitute, and he has spent long periods out of contention, not helped by his apparent attitude when he was playing for England’s Under-21s and, according to Hodgson, the midfielder was reticent to be involved with Gareth Southgate’s team.
(14) Owing to the breakdown of the Libyan state and reticence from the Tunisian government they sometimes go undocumented.
(15) The Retics, NRBC and other red blood cell indices do not differ from those of neonates reported from other parts of the world.
(16) The evidence suggests that more timely, targeted training around the culture of knowledge brokering in the formative years could help to overcome this reticence.
(17) People who have invested more in Hillary’s campaign are understandably reluctant to defect, if you will, before there’s something to defect to.” He added: “I would say there is a big shift.” The reticence of such donors to speak publicly, let alone switch their money yet, speaks to the nervousness of these next few days for the Draft Biden movement, particularly as Tuesday’s first Democratic debate is likely to come and go without their candidate on the stage.
(18) If she’d turned over the records it would have put an end to it pretty early.” Clinton’s hankering for privacy should not be confused with reticence.
(19) These results suggest that the problems of faulty memory and conceptual confusion about serious events can be overcome with careful question wording and administration procedures, but that the problem of respondent reticence about reporting sensitive events remains unresolved.
(20) Unless a concrete reason was present, Danish medical students were very reticent concerning discussion of the injurious effects of smoking with patients.