Mental Process
body image
bod·y im·age [ bah-dee ih-mij ]
Subclass of:
Self Concept;
Perception
Definitions related to body image:
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Individuals' concept of their own bodies.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Internal, mental representation of one's body derived from internal sensations, emotions, fantasies, posture, experience with outside objects and people.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The way a person thinks about his or her body and how it looks to others.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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