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Meaning of "turn in on oneself" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TURN IN ON ONESELF

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TURN IN ON ONESELF

turn a blind eye to
turn a deaf ear
turn a trick
turn against
turn and turn about
turn away
turn bridge
turn down
turn heads
turn in
turn of phrase
turn off
turn on
turn one´s back on
turn one´s hand to
turn out
turn over
turn over a new leaf
turn queen´s evidence
turn signal

WORDS THAT END LIKE TURN IN ON ONESELF

beside oneself
do well for oneself
enjoy oneself
expose oneself
express oneself
fall over oneself
find oneself
full of oneself
give a bad account of oneself
give a good account of oneself
himself
keep oneself to oneself
keep to oneself
kill oneself
make a pig of oneself
make an exhibition of oneself
not know where to put oneself
oneself
present oneself
relieve oneself
take something upon oneself

Synonyms and antonyms of turn in on oneself in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «turn in on oneself» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

把在自己
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

replegarse sobre uno mismo
570 millions of speakers

English

turn in on oneself
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपने आप पर बारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بدوره على نفسه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

замыкаются в себе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

voltar-se para si mesmo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিজের উপর ঘুরুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

repli sur soi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berpaling pada diri sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

biegen in an sich selbst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分に中回し
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 자신 에 의 설정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nguripake awak dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biến trong vào chính mình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தன்னைத்தானே திருப்புங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वतःवर वळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kendine gelmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiudersi in se stessi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skręcić w na siebie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

замикаються в собі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

la rândul său pe sine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλειστεί στον εαυτό του
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

draai op jouself
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slå in på sig själv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slå i på seg selv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of turn in on oneself

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TURN IN ON ONESELF»

The term «turn in on oneself» is normally little used and occupies the 132.005 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TURN IN ON ONESELF» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about turn in on oneself

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURN IN ON ONESELF»

Discover the use of turn in on oneself in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to turn in on oneself and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Concise English Dictionary
to reject; turn in to bend inward: to enter: to register (a score): to surrender, hand over voluntarily: to go to bed {coll.); turn in on oneself to become introverted; turn into to become by a process of change;turn it up, in stop (saying) it {imper., coll.) ...
G. (Ed ). Davidson, 2007
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Idioms and Phrases
Turn in on oneself Withdraw from contact with others; become recluse or an isolationist When, in old age, he lost his two sons one after the other he turned in on himself and avoided any company. Turn off Change direction When you come to ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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Truth and Eros: Foucault, Lacan and the Question of Ethics
That is why the struggle against the assertions of the libido requires that one turn in on oneself; that is why it requires not simply a mastery of one's activities and relations with others, but a diagnosis of the illusions and deceptions, the thoughts  ...
John Rajchman, 2009
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The Concept of the Self in the French Enlightenment
We see here another example of that desire to turn in on oneself which characterizes so much of late eighteenth century thought. Societal man can only be understood in terms of the inner being which constitutes each and every man.
Jean A. Perkins, 1969
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Philoponus: On Aristotle on the Soul 1.3-5
... 104,11; 134,11 epistêmôn, knowledgeable, 94,6 epistrephesthai, return to, 119 ,18; 125,11; turn aside, 116,33; turn in on oneself, 118,1; 124,35; 162,18ff.; turn to , 139,2; turn towards, 123,24 epistrophê, return, 118,16 episunaptein, connect, ...
Philoponus,, 2014
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Reading Isaiah: Poetry and Vision
In the imagery of chapter 58, true worship is not to turn in on oneself, to have one's head perpetually bent "like a bulrush." It is not to fight with others "with a vicious fist." Rather it is to go out from oneself to others to free them and to share one's ...
Peter D. Quinn-Miscall, 2001
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A New Handbook of Christian Theologians
... turn in on oneself. Throughout this book Bonhoeffer wishes to avoid what he saw so blatantly done in church and theology: reducing God to a heavenly projection of oneself and reducing God's presence in community to some self- deceiving ...
Donald W. Musser, Joseph L. Price, 1996
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Welcoming the Word in Year A: Building on Rock
Anxiety can cripple and cause one to turn in on oneself rather than outward toward the welfare of others in the way Pauls companion, Timothy, was concerned about the Philippians (Phil 2:20). Gratitude to God will allow God's peace to guard ...
Verna Holyhead, 2007
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The Facts on File Companion to the French Novel
The only solution to this problem of the human condition is to turn in on oneself in search of solitude. In all of his works, the impossibility of understanding the other is the dominant theme. One speaks to have the sense of living, to pass time; the ...
Karen L. Taylor, 2006
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When the Church was Young: Studies in the Thessalonian Epistles
The Greek verb for ashamed literally means to "turn in on oneself (entrepo), and Paul, no doubt, hopes that the discipline he is suggesting will lead such people to reflect on what they are doing, repent and then again be fully accepted as ...
David Ewert, 1993

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TURN IN ON ONESELF»

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Another Perspective Cruel and Usual Punishment
The mind begins to turn in on oneself, and one desperately wants something outside of oneself on which to fix one's attention. I have known men who took half a ... «American Spectator, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Turn in on oneself [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/turn-in-on-oneself>. May 2024 ».
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