Plural of 'self': referring to multiple individual persons or identities, or different aspects of one's own personality.
From Old English 'self,' a reflexive pronoun. The plural 'selves' formed irregularly around Middle English times, similar to 'elves' and 'shelves'.
Psychologists now recognize that we don't have just one 'self'—we're actually multiple selves that shift depending on context (you're different with your best friend than your grandparents), which explains why 'selves' is psychologically more accurate than 'self'!
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