Usually means: Improving oneself through personal effort.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word self-help:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-help: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-help: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-help: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. self-help, self-help: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Self-help, self-help: Wordnik
  6. self-help: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. self-help: Wiktionary
  8. self-help: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. self-help: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. self-help: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. self-help: Dictionary.com
  12. self-help: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. self-help: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Self-help: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Self-help: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. self-help: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. self-help: Rhymezone
  18. Self-help: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. self-help: FreeDictionary.org
  20. self-help: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. self-help: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. self-help: Vocabulary.com
  23. Self-Help: Wordnik

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-help: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. self-help: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. self-help: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Self-Help: Legal dictionary
  7. self-help: Financial dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-help: Medical dictionary

(Note: See self-helping as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others.
▸ noun:  (law) An act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings.

Similar:
self-improvement, self-cultivation, selfism, self-culture, careseeking, self-action, self-advocacy, self-command, self-elevation, self-suggestion, more...

Opposite:
dependency, reliance, helplessness

Phrases:
Self-Help Group for Cerebral Palsy, Self-help book, Self-help groups for mental health, more...
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Similar:
self-improvement, self-cultivation, selfism, self-culture, careseeking, self-action, self-advocacy, self-command, self-elevation, self-suggestion, more...

Opposite:
dependency, reliance, helplessness

Phrases:
Self-Help Group for Cerebral Palsy, Self-help book, Self-help groups for mental health, more...



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