Meanings
- uncountableThe act of making oneself better.
Specifically, they recount ideological testimonials that frame ideology in terms of personal growth and self-betterment.
2018 September 18, Rebecca Lewis, “Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube”, in Data & Society, archived from the original on 25 May 20221 more example
Before the 1850s, when women figured most prominently in textile employment, the reasons that caused women to seek paid labor—a ne'er-do-well husband, economic distress of the natal family, or a belief that factory work was a road to self-betterment—often precluded their considering an away-from-home cure.
2010, Susan Cayleff, Wash and Be Healed: The Water-Cure Movement and Women's Health, Temple University Press, page 88
Origin
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self-betterment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-betterment
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