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Nov 30, 2009
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look'ing-glass self"



Pronunciation: (look'ing-glas", -gläs"), [key] Sociol.
the self-image an individual forms by imagining what others think of his or her behavior and appearance.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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