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self-transformation noun[ C or U ] (alsoselftransformation)uk /ˌselfˌtræns.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌself.træns.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/ a complete change in your appearance or character, especially an improvement, that you have made yourself: After being made redundant, she went through a process of self-transformation and is approaching her career in a new way. The latest of his self-transformations, from folk-singer to hiphop artist, took everyone by surprise. He felt that he had to make some big changes in his life and embarked on a period of self-transformation, taking up yoga and retraining as a psychotherapist. The profound spiritual experiences that she had when in India led to long-lasting self-transformation. Physical self-transformation through cosmetic surgery and other interventions is now more accessible than ever before. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Change and changes adaptive evolution adjustment alteration anti-evolutionism be ahead of the curveidiom evolutionary evolutionism flatten flip-flop fluctuation recalibration reconversion reformation regime change reinterpretation unspooling unsteadily unsteady untick variation |