Mental Process
body image Audio
bod·y im·age [ bah-dee ih-mij ]
Subclass of:
Self Concept; Perception
Definitions related to body image:
  • Individuals' concept of their own bodies.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Internal, mental representation of one's body derived from internal sensations, emotions, fantasies, posture, experience with outside objects and people.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The way a person thinks about his or her body and how it looks to others.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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