oneselves
pronEtymology From ones' + -selves; compare oneself.
- In a library, it is discouraged to talk amongst oneselves.
- But over it, above everything, there mounted that atmosphere which is the marked characteristic of such assemblies, the vaporisation of a sentiment shared by all, that of being among oneselves, and of being thereby generally and solidly united by nothing whatever.1909, Edgar Saltus, Daughters of the Rich, New York, N.Y.: The Macaulay Company, page 118:
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- For the most part the younger crowd were sexually involved with each other. "One could sort of run around amongst oneselves," Laura recalled, "but certainly one did not invade the love lives, the sacred marriages, of the older group."1993, Esther Newton, Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town, Boston, M.A.: Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 213:
- On UCLA's end, the halftime assignment was a hard mix of believing in oneselves and believing in luck.1993 March 22, Mike Downey, “Not Even the Final Proof Provides Enough Solace”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 May 2023:
- These possibilities are so similar to what actually happened to us as children raised in violence that the current situation may feel like a replay of the past — of being powerless, disbelieved, and unable to defend oneselves or to escape from the problem.1994, Christina Crawford, No Safe Place: The Legacy of Family Violence, Barrytown, N.Y.: Station Hill Press, →ISBN, page 9:
- A cost-benefit analysis as applied to volition is the process through which individuals identify their overarching goal or goals, perhaps freely, perhaps not, then choose a particular course of action. The individual would then consider the following variables: the most likely benefits of a particular course of action to oneself (and perhaps others), the possible negative consequences of the act (to oneselves and perhaps others), the likelihood of achieving the benefits, the likelihood of negative consequences and their likely degree, and based on all these factors, whether the course of action will achieve the goal (benefit) with the fewest consequences (costs).2014, Bruce A. Arrigo, editor, Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics, volume 2, Los Angeles, C.A. […]: SAGE reference, →ISBN, page 1004, column 1: