Even more concerning is that by weakening our emotional armor we make ourselves more vulnerable to things like failure, rejection, anxiety, and stress. So stop the self-criticism and protect your self-esteem when it's low by practicing self-compassion.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: A novel is a long prose narrative that describes fictional characters and events in the form of a sequential story, usually. The genre has historical roots in the fields of medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella.
novel(noun) an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story. novel(adj) a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction. his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels; he burned all the novels. fresh, new, novel(adj) original and of a kind not seen before.