(selves)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ is your basic personality or nature, especially considered in terms of what you are really like as a person.
You’re looking more like your usual ~...
She was back to her old ~ again.
N-COUNT: usu adj N
2.
A person’s ~ is the essential part of their nature which makes them different from everyone and everything else.
I want to explore and get in touch with my inner ~...
N-COUNT: usu adj N