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PRONUNCIATION OF SELFWARD

selfward  [ˈsɛlfwəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELFWARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Selfward is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SELFWARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of selfward in the English dictionary

The definition of selfward in the dictionary is towards oneself.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELFWARD


awkward
ˈɔːkwəd
backward
ˈbækwəd
downward
ˈdaʊnwəd
eastward
ˈiːstwəd
Edward
ˈɛdwəd
forward
ˈfɔːwəd
homeward
ˈhəʊmwəd
inward
ˈɪnwəd
leeward
ˈliːwəd
northward
ˈnɔːθwəd
onward
ˈɒnwəd
outward
ˈaʊtwəd
skyward
ˈskaɪwəd
southward
ˈsaʊθwəd
straightforward
ˌstreɪtˈfɔːwəd
upward
ˈʌpwəd
wayward
ˈweɪwəd
westward
ˈwɛstwəd
windward
ˈwɪndwəd
Woodward
ˈwʊdwəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELFWARD

self-willed
self-winding
self-worship
self-worth
selfdom
selfheal
selfhood
selfie
selfish
selfishly
selfishness
selfism
selfist
selfless
selflessly
selflessness
selfness
selfsame
selfsameness
selfwards

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELFWARD

Academy Award
afterward
award
come forward
coward
fashion-forward
fast forward
fast-forward
go-forward
Great Leap Forward
hayward
heavenward
Howard
put forward
reward
Seward
steward
store and forward
toward
ward

Synonyms and antonyms of selfward in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «selfward» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELFWARD

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

Translator English - Chinese

selfward
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

selfward
570 millions of speakers

English

selfward
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

selfward
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

selfward
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

selfward
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

selfward
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

selfward
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

selfward
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diri sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

selfward
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

selfward
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

selfward
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Awake dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

selfward
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

selfward
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वार्थी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

selfward
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

selfward
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

selfward
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

selfward
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

selfward
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

selfward
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfward
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

selfward
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selfward
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of selfward

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELFWARD»

The term «selfward» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.094 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELFWARD» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELFWARD»

Discover the use of selfward in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to selfward and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Praise: The Door to God's Presence
n this chapter, we shall examine the benefits of praise in three different areas : (1) The benefits of praise selfward. (2) The benefits of praise toward others. (3) The impact of praise on Satan . THE BENEFITS OF PRAISE SELFWARD Praise ...
Maurice Bassali, 2005
2
Happiness and the Art of Being: An Introduction to the ...
Thus the compound word ahamukham means not only 'introversion', but also more specifically 'facing I-ward', 'facing selfward', 'looking selfward', 'turned selfward' or 'directing attention towards I'. Sri Ramana then goes on to say that when ...
Michael James, 2012
3
The One Year Worship the King Devotional: 365 Daily Bible ...
God is already represented well by Jesus—especially in the company of Iepers, sinners, and thieves on a cross. The selfward heart doesn't get it. It can't be transparent about its weaknesses and failures because it is too busy masking them.
Chris Tiegreen, 2012
4
Leading the Way Through Galatians
Wiersbe observes, “The final three qualities are selfward.”15 These qualities describe the Spirit-filled Christian who is consistent, faithful, and dependable, even when no one else is looking. He or she has the trait of gentleness—not weakness, ...
Michael Youssef, 2013
5
The Ways of Judgment: The Bampton Lectures, 2003
They never doubted that the soul was a site of both godward and selfward motions, and that the penitential purifying of the godward and purging of the selfward led progressively towards a climax of the soul, where reflection became redundant ...
Oliver O'Donovan, 2005
6
Current Population Reports: Special studies. Series P-23
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Zelinsky, Wilbur. 1974. “ Selfward Bound? Personal Preference Patterns and the Changing Map of American Society.” Economic Geography 50 (April): 144-179. 32 'U.S. oovaimmrr PRINTING ...
‎1980
7
Psychology of Language: A Local Habitation and a Name
By realizing that I cannot banish my self from my own living, my selfward seeing innocence does not need to convert itself into scotomatous guilt. My discovery that I am all soul necessarily entails my calling all of my soul my own, a most difficult ...
John Morris Dorsey, 1971
8
Sermon on the Mount
The general principle which is expressed in this warning is enlarged upon in verses 2-18, being applied to three specific cases: in "alms" man ward, in "prayer" Godward, and in "fasting" selfward. Having already dwelt upon the first, we now ...
Arthur Waddington Pink, 2008
9
Morbid Fears And Compulsions: THEIR PSYCHOLOGY AND ...
If, however, a disparity is perceived between the real self and the specifications of the ego-ideal, a portion of the selfward directed libido fails of satisfaction, remains a free tension or yearning, and is felt as shame, guilt, humiliation or a sense of ...
Frink, H. W., 2013
10
An Essay on Intuitive Morals: Being an Attempt to Popularize ...
There must always be an ingredient of evil, a selfward narrowing spirit in every love which tends towards the absorption and extinguishing of other pure affections. It is not Love, it is Selfishness, which asks our friend to love others less that he ...
Frances Power Cobbe, Cobbe, 2010

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELFWARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term selfward is used in the context of the following news items.
1
2014 In TV: What Turned Us On, What Pissed Us Off
We are living in an era of unprecedented narcissism when our cameras and pens point almost exclusively selfward. Dunham's Girls pinpoints and documents ... «Long Island Press, Dec 14»
2
Individualism & Human Nature's Software
By the 1800s, this spreading selfward turn (in our software), made Tocqueville note that Americans needed to “combat individualism by the principle of interest ... «Big Think, Dec 14»
3
Newsnight editor Paul Mason up for Bad Sex book award
Mills's book features the following toe-curling lines: “My c**k soared Selfwards … her climax shuddering up, up, up to Will”. Other nominees include Brits ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 12»
4
England duo Stuart Broad and James Anderson resist IPL gold - for …
In the grasp-all world of professional sport, where loyalty has long moved selfwards, you'd think sainthood surely beckons. Or is he and his agent just being ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 09»

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