Meaning of self-betterment | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of making oneself better.

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Examples

“Before the 1850s, when women figured most prominently in textile employment, the reasons that caused women to seek paid labor—a ne'er-do-well husband, economic distress of the natal family, or a belief that factory work was a road to self-betterment—often precluded their considering an away-from-home cure.”

“Specifically, they recount ideological testimonials that frame ideology in terms of personal growth and self-betterment.”

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