Meanings
- nonstandardpronounreflexiveHer; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self.
Coordinate term: himselves
4 more examples
She had a vision of two of herselves, living in different universes. A world had once existed with one Novena in it; it still must exist, she must still be there, yet here she was.
2000, Sandra Shea, The Realm of Secondhand Souls, Boston, M.A.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 40Most of herselves felt variations on her present anxieties, but a few were filled with strange emotions changing too fast to identify. Concentrating on one of these improbable futures was like trying to barehandcatch an oiled gecko, And yet... Leandra couldn't resist mentally chasing these bright futures.
2016, Blake Charlton, Spellbreaker, London: HarperVoyager, →ISBN, page 21Clover is bickering with herselves.
2021 September 17, Toby Fox, Deltarune, Windows, scene: Castle Town, level/area: Chapter 2Where did it all go wrong, she wondered, easing out of bed, uncertain of what to do with herselves, uncertain of which self was her self and which self was someone else.
2023 April 24, Catherine Lacey, “Congratulations on Your Loss”, in Slate, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2023
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herselves. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herselves
“herselves.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herselves. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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