self-portrait

noun

self-por·​trait ˌself-ˈpȯr-trət How to pronounce self-portrait (audio)
-ˌtrāt
: a portrait of oneself done by oneself

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Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival. New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2025 The goal of those short asides and carefully seeded comments is to allow Nanjiani to outline a self-portrait. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025 Visitors were encouraged to get their own pictures taken in the booth, and to place these alongside his self-portrait. News Desk, Artforum, 18 Dec. 2025 Welles commits himself so deeply to Shakespeare’s most ingenious comic creation that the film has often been seen as a kind of self-portrait, filled in equal measure with delightful ribaldry and heartbreaking pathos. Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-portrait

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First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of self-portrait was in 1822

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“Self-portrait.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-portrait. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.

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self-portrait

noun
self-por·​trait
ˈself-ˈpōr-trət
-ˈpȯr-
-ˌtrāt
: a portrait of oneself made by oneself

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