BODY IMAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does body image mean? 

• BODY IMAGE (noun)
  The noun BODY IMAGE has 1 sense:

1. an individual's idea as assessment of his or her own body

  Familiarity information: BODY IMAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BODY IMAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An individual's idea as assessment of his or her own body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

some teenagers are obsessed with their body image

Hypernyms ("body image" is a kind of...):

idea (a personal view)

 Context examples 

An eating disorder marked by an intense fear of gaining weight, a refusal to maintain a healthy weight, and a distorted body image.

(Anorexia nervosa, NCI Dictionary)

A well-validated, self-report inventory for the assessment of body image.

(Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire Appearance Orientation, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, self-evaluation is unduly influenced by body image.

(Bulimia, NCI Thesaurus)

A brief questionnaire for assessing body image changes in patients with cancer.

(Body Image Scale, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder most often seen in adolescent females characterized by a refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight, a disturbance in body image, and, in postmenarcheal females, the development of amenorrhea.

(Anorexia nervosa, NCI Thesaurus)