second self

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• second self — index alter ego Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• second self — n. a person so intimately associated with another as to have taken on many of that person s personality traits, attitudes, beliefs, etc …   English World dictionary

• second self — one who associates so closely with a given person as to assume that person s mode of behavior, personality, beliefs, etc. [1580 90] * * * second self noun A person with whom one has the closest possible ties, almost intuitively sharing beliefs,… …   Useful english dictionary

• second self — one who associates so closely with a given person as to assume that person s mode of behavior, personality, beliefs, etc. [1580 90] * * * …   Universalium

• one's second self — other self, other side of one s personality …   English contemporary dictionary

• Self-denying Ordinance — The first Self denying Ordinance was a bill moved on December 9, 1644 to deprive members of the Parliament of England from holding command in the army or the navy during the English Civil War. It failed to pass the House of Lords. A second Self… …   Wikipedia

• Self-referential encoding — Investigations into the relationship between memory and the self originated in the field of personality. Theorists held that an individual’s personality included something akin to a directory of traits attached to the self, and that the way they… …   Wikipedia

• Self timer — A Self timer is a device on a camera that, when enabled, gives a delay between the pressing of the shutter release and the shutter firing. It is most commonly used to allow photographers to take a photo of themselves, hence the name. However, the …   Wikipedia

• Self-verification theory — For self testing in electronics, see built in self test Self verification is a social psychological theory that asserts people want to be known and understood by others according to their firmly held beliefs and feelings about themselves, that is …   Wikipedia

• Self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh — Vincent van Gogh created many self portraits during his lifetime. Most probably, Van Gogh s self portraits are depicting the face as it appeared in the mirror he used to reproduce his face, i.e. his right side in the image is in reality the left… …   Wikipedia

• second — 1. n., adj., & v. n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 2 in the sequence 1 2. 2 something occupying this position. 3 the second person etc. in a race or competition. 4 Mus. a an interval or chord spanning two… …   Useful english dictionary