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Is it self-plagiarism to copy/paste chunks of your dissertation when crafting it into a journal article?

I am finally at the stage where I am turning my social sciences dissertation into a journal article (after not wanting to look at the damn thing for a few months) and I've heard different perspectives on my question. Some say as long as you let the editor know it's from your dissertation copying and pasting is fine, but it still seems hinky to me given some things I’ve read online. 

I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thank you!
gpt
Fuck no it’s not plagiarism. Your dissertation is not “published” despite it possibly being publicly available. It’s very common practice for dissertation text to be directly transferred to article manuscripts.