self-helpish

adjective

Reminiscent of the self-help movement or literature.

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Meanings

adjectiveself-helpish (comparative more self-helpish, superlative most self-helpish)

comparative more self-helpish · superlative most self-helpish

  1. Reminiscent of the self-help movement or literature.

    Block's tone in different passages runs the gamut from the most cloying, self-helpish pep talk to revival-tent preacherese, but is characterized throughout by intellectual murkiness and psychological jargon that will leave many a parent completely confused about what Dr. Block is talking about.

    1976 April 26, Duncan Mitchel, “Boys and Girls Together”, in Gay Community News, page 15
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APA

self-helpish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-helpish

MLA

“self-helpish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-helpish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-helpish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-helpish.

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