themselves
The very ones
You use themselves as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to people in a sentence in which a noun indicating them is the subject: They tried to protect themselves with umbrellas and sticks.
Themselves and other pronouns that end in –self and –selves are called reflexives because they indicate that the action of a verb is reflected back at the subject of the sentence.
Who someone is
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- individualityUnique personal character
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
As an individual matter
- actuallyIn truth, not supposedly
- individuallyOne at a time
- directlyWithout intermediary steps
- independentlyWithout outside assistance
alone · unaided · firsthand · in-person · singlehandedly
Assembled collection of things
- pluralMore than one
- peopleHumans as a group
- individualsSeparate, distinct people
- membersPeople in an organization
participants · community · mutually · collectively · together · communally
identity
Who someone is
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- individualityUnique personal character
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
personally
As an individual matter
- actuallyIn truth, not supposedly
- individuallyOne at a time
- directlyWithout intermediary steps
independently · alone · unaided · firsthand · in-person · singlehandedly
group
Assembled collection of things
- pluralMore than one
- peopleHumans as a group
- individualsSeparate, distinct people
members · participants · community · mutually · collectively · together · communally
- pronounsI, me, him, he, my
- reflexivesreflexive pronoun, reflexives
- third personhe, she, it, they, him
- reflexesreflex, reflexes, reflex action, reflex response, quick reflexes
- possessivesmy, mine, your, yours, his
themselvesothers
Different people, things
other people · everyone else · outsiders · third parties · strangers
- laws unto themselvesThose who disregard norms
self, selfish, them, myself, their, himself, yourself, oneself, theirs