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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmyself,meself, fromOld Englishmēselfum and similar phrases, equivalent tome +‎self, later partly reinterpreted asmy +‎self /-self. Cognate withScotsmysel,mysell(“myself”),West Frisianmysels(“myself”),Dutchmijzelf(“myself”),Germanmich selbst,mir selbst(“myself”),Norwegian Bokmålmeg selv(“myself”).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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myself (reflexive case ofI)

  1. (reflexive pronoun)Me, as direct or indirect objectthe speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.[from 9th c.]
    I taughtmyself.
    (I) don’tthink much of your new car,myself.
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      Thinks I tomyself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”
    • 2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, inCNN‎[1]:
      “If you were a little bit kinder to yourself today, or if you gained insight, if you had an ‘Aha’ like, ‘Oh, man, I really do talk tomyself the way my mom talked to me,’ or you identify a childhood wound … all of that is a form of reparenting,” she said.
  2. Personally, for my part; used in apposition toI, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.[from 10th c.]
    Imyself have witnessed the event.
  3. In my normal state of body or mind.
    I feel likemyself.
  4. (proscribed)Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.[from 10th c.]
    Give the ball to John ormyself.
  5. (archaic, now proscribed)I (as the subject of a verb).[from 14th c.]
    My wife andmyself want to go on vacation.
  6. (India, Pakistan, nonstandard)my name is...
    Myself John.

Usage notes

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  • Use whereI could be used is mostly poetic or archaic, except with a coordinating conjunction, such asand. However, this usage is non-standard.
  • Garner's Modern American Usage (2009) reports opposition to the non-reflexive use, especially whereI could be used.
  • AP Stylebook Online (2010) reports opposition to the non-reflexive use, as reflexive pronouns (likemyself) should not be used instead of objective pronouns (likeme).

Synonyms

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  • (reflexive pronoun):me

Related terms

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Translations

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me, reflexive form ofme
in apposition with I; personally

See also

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English personal pronouns

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are initalics.

personal pronounpossessive
pronoun		possessive
determiner
subjectiveobjectivereflexive
first
person		singularI
me (colloquial)		memyself
me
mysen		minemy
mine(before vowels, archaic)
me
pluralweusourselves
ourself
oursen		ours
ourn(obsolete outside dialects)		our
second
person		singularstandard
(historically
formal)		youyouyourself
yoursen		yours
yourn(obsolete outside dialects)		your
archaic
(historically
informal)		thoutheethyself
theeself
thysen		thinethy
thine(before vowels)
pluralstandardyou
ye(archaic)		youyourselvesyours
yourn(obsolete outside dialects)		your
colloquialyou all
y'all
you guys
yous		you all
y'all
you guys
yous		y'allselvesall yours
y'all's
you guys'
your guys'		all your
y'all's
your all's(nonstandard)
you guys'
your guys'
informal /
dialectal		(see list of dialectal forms atyou and inflected forms in those entries)
third
person		singularmasculinehehimhimself
hisself(archaic)
hissen		his
hisn(obsolete outside dialects)		his
femininesheherherself
hersen		hers
hern(obsolete outside dialects)		her
neuterit
hit		it
hit		itself
hitself		its
his(archaic)		its
his(archaic)
hits
genderless1theythemthemself,themselvestheirstheir
nonspecific
(formal)		oneoneoneself–one's
pluraltheythem
hem,'em		themselves
theirsen		theirs
theirn(obsolete outside dialects)		their

Middle English

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishmē self,mē seolf, equivalent tomy +‎self.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /miːˈsɛlf/,/miˈsɛlf/

Pronoun

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myself

  1. myself

Descendants

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References

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