[self-im-proov-muhnt, self-]

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First recorded in 173545

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2018

Another said just the act of spending money on self-improvement made him determined to break out of his shell.

Education is a series of hoops to jump through, not a process of self-improvement or self-discovery.

When first genomics started, we figured the result would be self-improvementliterally.

On the Limits of Self-ImprovementVanity Fair, October 2007 There's an entire micro-economy based on the pursuit of betterment.

Forget Oprahwe should all be watching Pixar movies in our quests for self-improvement.

But self-improvement is a dull game when there is no one to applaud your score.

The rest of his life was occupied in study, in self-improvement, in piety, and in good deeds.

It was from the Gurneys he caught the infection of self-improvement.

Fifteen minutes a day devoted to self-improvement, will be felt at the end of the year.

Quin's desire for self-improvement soon became an obsession.

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010 Douglas Harper

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