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A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.

Self-model (noun) means: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model. It emerges from model, hold, subject: A compressing system turns its compression on itself and acts on the result. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 14, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

self-model.reflexive · forms: self model, self models, self-model, self-models

Examples

Emergence

from: model hold subject
through: A compressing system turns its compression on itself and acts on the result.

Chain to foundations

modelL9 model.representation: A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.eventL3 event.occurrence: a change that occurs in a place during a timematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacemakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.occursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timeactL3 act.deed: do somethinggetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencestouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.messageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entitydistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingpatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placepersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.likeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsprocessL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionsaysL8 says.speech: to make a message that other distinct entities getself-modelL14 self-model.reflexive: A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.subjectL5 subject.entity: a thing that a change process is about in an eventworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacedifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or state
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used by — 92 more not shownbuilt fromallyL15ally.aligned — A thing whose reach a self model reads as working with its own against the same walls.authenticityL15authenticity.state — a self-model whose window overlaps the range the system actually occupiesblind spotL15blind-spot.model — a place where a self-model is wrong about what it can see, making trust drift beyond the boundary of what is actually obchilling effectL15chilling-effect.induced-under — Self models across a group reading their own reach as narrower than it is, because they model a power over them with walcollective selfL15collective-self.shared — A self model kept across many members, whose subject is the group they are members of, so the group reads itself as one comfort zoneL15comfort-zone.named — the performance window, named from inside.confidenceL15confidence.width — a model reporting its own range as narrow, which is why it acts rather than tracks, a report about the model's range andconscienceL15conscience.internalized — a wall moved inside the system, a boundary once kept by others and now maintained by the self-model, which is why it holself-modelL14self-model.reflexive — A model in a thing whose subject is the thing that holds the model.modelL9model.representation — A pattern in one thing that is like another thing, so that acting on the pattern can say what the other thing will do.holdL13hold.physical — keep thing with touch and force so it does not movesubjectL5subject.entity — a thing that a change process is about in an event

Used by (100)

allyL15authenticityL15blind spotL15chilling effectL15collective selfL15comfort zoneL15confidenceL15conscienceL15denialL15despairL15doubtL15enemyL15fearL15feature creepL15gaslightingL15groupthinkL15gut feelingL15high horseL15hindsight is twenty twentyL15hopeL15humilityL15identity crisisL15identityL15insecurityL15introspectionL15learned helplessnessL15learning curveL15legacy codeL15locus of controlL15lost the plotL15meeting of mindsL15metacognitionL15midlife crisisL15mission creepL15open secretL15point of no returnL15prideL15read the roomL15reading between the linesL15regretL15reinventing yourselfL15responsibilityL15sanity checkL15self-deceptionL15self-efficacyL15self-esteemL15self fulfilling prophecyL15selling yourself shortL15sense of betrayalL15shameL15sleeping giantL15sour grapesL15sunk costL15team spiritL15ulysses contractL15vulnerabilityL15anxietyL16bruised egoL16buyer's remorseL16coming of ageL16down to earthL16engine of growthL16guiltL16helicopter parentingL16hubrisL16illusion of controlL16nation of shopkeepersL16old habits die hardL16perfectionismL16personaL16unspoken ruleL16consumer confidenceL17delusions of grandeurL17second natureL17grievanceL18investor sentimentL18middle classL18narrativeL18painting yourself into a cornerL18rationalizationL18wealth effectL18country in declineL19crisis of faithL19founding fathersL19miracle economyL19punching above our weightL19second windL19the three tiersL19the way we have always done itL19this is who we areL19we built thisL19economic anxietyL20proud traditionL20shell-shockedL20wounded nationL20impostor syndromeL21worlds largest democracyL21muscle memoryL22ahead of its timeL23habitL23

Relations

is-amodel.representationa self-model is a model with a reflexive subject

Provenance

author: hand · date: 2026-07-31 · confidence: 1.0 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md