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We all have something about ourselves that we'd change if we could in a perfect world, be it our body image, our financial status, our relationship, whatever. I wanted to talk about how nobody's exempted from the realities of life and all those things.
Keri Hilson

Meaning of "body image" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BODY IMAGE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BODY IMAGE

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Body image is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BODY IMAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

body image

Body image

Body image refers to a person's feelings of the aesthetics and sexual attractiveness of their own body that may be forced by others or social media. The phrase body image was first coined by the Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst Paul Schilder in his book The Image and Appearance of the Human Body. Human society has at all times placed great value on beauty of the human body, but a person's perception of their own body may not correspond to society's standards. The concept of body image is used in numerous disciplines, including psychology, medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, philosophy and cultural and feminist studies. The term is also often used in the media. Across these disciplines and media there is no consensus definition. A person's body image is thought to be, in part, a product of their personal experiences, personality, and various social and cultural forces. A person's sense of their own physical appearance, usually in relation to others or in relation to some cultural "ideal," can shape their body image. A person's perception of their appearance can be different from how others actually perceive them.

Definition of body image in the English dictionary

The definition of body image in the dictionary is an individual's concept of his or her own body.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BODY IMAGE

body copy
body corporate
body count
body double
body dysmorphic disorder
body fascism
body fat
body fluids
body hair
body horror
body language
body lotion
body mass
body mass index
body mike
body modification
body odour
Body of Christ
body part
body piercing

WORDS THAT END LIKE BODY IMAGE

afterimage
archimage
brand image
corporate image
damage
ghost image
graven image
hypnagogic image
image
latent image
microimage
mirror image
nonimage
pilgrimage
primage
reimage
self-image
spit and image
spitting image
subliminal image
virtual image

Synonyms and antonyms of body image in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «body image» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BODY IMAGE

Find out the translation of body image to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of body image from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «body image» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

身体形象
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la imagen corporal
570 millions of speakers

English

body image
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शरीर की छवि
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

صورة الجسم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

изображение тела
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imagem corporal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শরীরের ছবি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´image corporelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

imej badan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Körperbild
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

身体イメージ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신체 이미지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gambar awak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hình ảnh cơ thể
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உடல் படம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शरीर प्रतिमा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beden imajı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

immagine del corpo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obraz ciała
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зображення тіла
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

imaginea corpului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εικόνα του σώματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfbeeld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kroppsuppfattning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kroppsbilde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of body image

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BODY IMAGE»

The term «body image» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.795 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BODY IMAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about body image

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10 QUOTES WITH «BODY IMAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word body image.
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Donna Air
I've been a skinny girl my whole life. I just don't sit down - I'm always on the go. It must be down to the genes. We have a healthy body image in my house and great appetites. It'd be hard for you to find a food I don't love.
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Tyra Banks
Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.
3
Elizabeth Berkley
Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering.
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Elizabeth Berkley
I noticed that no matter where I went in the country, there was this group of questions that got asked. I would track them and keep them in categories. Like body image, school, family, friendship, you name it, the emotional life of a teenage girl.
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Chris Cornell
In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really all about the brain.
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Hayley Hasselhoff
The plus size movement is not just about fashion; it's about body image, and if we're doing a shoot, they won't retouch us at all. That's the cool thing: there's no retouching at all because we want to give girls the truth, not a fabrication.
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Erin Heatherton
Healthy body image is not something that you're going to learn from fashion magazines.
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Keri Hilson
We all have something about ourselves that we'd change if we could in a perfect world, be it our body image, our financial status, our relationship, whatever. I wanted to talk about how nobody's exempted from the realities of life and all those things.
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Cheryl Hines
It's hard being a girl. There are a lot of body image issues that come up and I think the best thing we can do for our kids is lead by example.
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Caroline Knapp
What is this drive to be thinner, prettier, better dressed, other? Who exactly is this other and what does she look like beyond the jacket she's wearing or the food she's not eating? What might we be doing, thinking, feeling about if we didn't think about body image, ever?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BODY IMAGE»

Discover the use of body image in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to body image and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Body Image Workbook: An Eight-Step Program for Learning ...
Based on author Thomas Cash's clinically tested program, this major revision of The Body Image Workbook offers you who are concerned or distressed about their body image an eight-step program for transforming their relationships with their ...
Thomas F. Cash, 2008
2
Body Image: New Research
This book brings together leading international research in this alarming and growing field.
Marlene V. Kindes, 2006
3
Transforming Body Image: Learning to Love the Body You Have
Self-acceptance is the foundation for lasting changes. This therapuetic self-help progam guides the reader to such body and self-acceptance, and away from fad diets and dangerous attempts to succomb to the national mania for thinness.
Marcia Germaine Hutchinson, 1985
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Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance
This scholarly work is the most comprehensive existing resource on human physical appearance—how people’s outer physical characteristics and their inner perceptions and attitudes about their own appearance (body image) affect their ...
‎2012
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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Body Image ...
ACT for Body Image Dissatisfaction is an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) manual practitioners can use to help clients overcome body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors such as food restriction and binge eating.
Adria N. Pearson, Michelle Heffner, Victoria M. Follette, 2010
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Body Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women ...
This second edition of Body Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women, and Children updates literature reviewed in the first edition, and presents fresh data investigating factors influencing body image in men, women, and ...
Sarah Grogan, 2007
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Body Image: A Handbook of Science, Practice, and Prevention
New to This Edition *Addresses the most urgent current questions in the field. *Reflects significant advances in key areas: assessment, body image in boys and men, obesity, illness-related body image issues, and cross-cultural research. ...
Thomas F. Cash, Linda Smolak, 2012
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Understanding Negative Body Image
Discusses positive and negative body image, with an emphasis on body size and weight, and suggests ways to improve self-esteem and develop a healthy body image.
Barbara Moe, 1999
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The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill
The Media and Body Image draws together literature from sociology, gender studies, and psychology; brings together new empirical work on both media representations and audience responses; and offers a broad discussion of this topic in the ...
Maggie Wykes, Barrie Gunter, 2005
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Body image
Uses writings by and about teens to examine the issue of body image.
Auriana Ojeda, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BODY IMAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term body image is used in the context of the following news items.
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Amanda Bingson is more than your body image role model
Cosmopolitan called her story "uplifting" and a show of "body confidence." Online, people thanked her for being a "body image" role model. «HLNtv.com, Jul 15»
2
Five plus-size models get real about body image
“I guess want to shift the conversation around body image from a negative one-dimensional focus on what we see in the mirror to a more ... «Cosmopolitan, Jul 15»
3
Supporting Body Image in Children is Crucial to Positive Youth …
“With these behaviors showing up at such a young age, parents should start having body image conversations sooner rather than later,” Emery ... «Webster County Citizen, Jul 15»
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Big Brother 17 Updates Body Image 4:00PM-5:00 BBT, Sunday 7-5 …
Several houseguests are in the house talking about body image. Apparently, one of the girls is having issues with how she looks and eating. «TVGrapevine.com, Jul 15»
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Kate Upton talks body image: "All women struggle"
"I think all women are similar; we all struggle with the same things when it comes to body image and wanting to be beautiful," she tells HFM. «HELLO! US, Jul 15»
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Talking to Children about Body Image, Self-Worth and Value
Parents can be the biggest influence in their children's lives, which means they are the cornerstone for shaping their child's body image and ... «KSMU Radio, Jul 15»
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JessicaSmith :Children's Book With Important Message About Body
Now, as I near closer to the birth of my first child, positive body image and self-worth are qualities I am adamant my children will grow up with, ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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INTERVIEW: The Cimorelli sisters talk body image and cyberbullying
Victoria Messina is a journalism student at the University of Florida and a lover of coffee ice cream, world travel and patterned socks. «SheKnows.com, Jul 15»
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Critics Accuse Pixar's "Inside Out" of Body Shaming, Internet …
Whether the reviewer was wrong or right in her assessment, she did open up a super important discussion about body image representation in ... «Seventeen Magazine, Jul 15»
10
Kim Kardashian Talks Body Image, Selfies and Superfans in San …
On a more serious slant, the Spanx talk just underscored the body image issues Kardashian (who says she'll photograph herself 30 times to ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»

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