self-care (/ˌself ˈkeər/)
noun · Intermediate · Daily Life
🔊 /ˌself ˈkeər/
Meaning
Meaning: caring for oneself
The practice of looking after one’s own physical and mental health.
Examples
🗣 After a stressful week, she made time for self-care with a long bath and an early night.
Etymology
Combines ‘self’ (Old English ‘self’) with ‘care’; popularised recently.
How & Where It’s Used
A widely used wellbeing term for deliberate acts of personal care.
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Tags: health, life