self-insert

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A character in a story who represents the author's own person.
  2. A character in a story who the reader/viewer is meant to identify with.
verb
  1. To insert oneself.
  2. To insert something into one's own body.
  3. To insert one's own person into a story as a character.

Word forms

self-insert self-inserts self-inserting self-inserted

Etymology

From self- + insert.

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