See Also: oneself(dictionary)
oneself(dictionary)
Fear of oneself(health)

oneself (iou)



oneself pronoun. Also one's self. M16.
[Orig. from ONE'S + SELF noun. Later assim. to himself, itself, etc.]
Refl. form of ONE pers. pronoun: (to, for, etc.) the person in question. M16.
W. S. Maugham One couldn't only think of oneself, could one? C. D. Simak It was one way..to tell one's self that only..part of life had changed.
Emphatic use in apposition to a personal noun (subjective or objective) or to a subjective pronoun: that particular person; the person in question personally; himself, herself. E17.
J. Conrad His friend was not a person to give oneself away to. I. Murdoch Must one, really, to help the sufferer, suffer oneself?
Phrases: be oneself (a) act in one's normal unconstrained manner; (b) feel as well as one usually does (usu. in neg. contexts). by oneself on one's own, alone.