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self-regard

[ self-ri-gahrd, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf rɪˈgɑrd, ˌsɛlf- /

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noun

consideration for oneself or one's own interests.

self-respect.

Origin of self-regard

First recorded in 1585–95

OTHER WORDS FROM self-regard

self-re·gard·ing, adjective

Words nearby self-regard

self-questioning, self-raising, self-realization, self-recording, self-reference, self-regard, self-regarding, self-registering, self-registering thermometer, self-regulated, self-regulating

Example sentences from the Web for self-regard

Hannah Seligson examines the ways our love lives are coming to reflect our record-high levels of self-regard.

Do Narcissists Have Better Sex? |Hannah Seligson |June 7, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Brown might be short of popular support but he does not want for self-regard.

Mr. Brown Goes to Washington |Andrew Neil |March 2, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The rationality of self-regard seemed to me as undeniable as the rationality of self-sacrifice.

The Methods of Ethics |Henry Sidgwick
There can be no strength of character without self-regard, and self-regard is built on the instinctive desire of self-assertion.

Outwitting Our Nerves |Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury

Self-regard, that is, is essential, and sympathy supposes its existence.

The English Utilitarians, Volume I. |Leslie Stephen
Selfishness, which is the excess of a just self-regard, is the one form of all evil in the world.

Christianity and Modern Thought |Various
He was free from self-regard, and had the devotion of all who served with him.

The War in the Air; Vol. 1 |Walter Raleigh.

British Dictionary definitions for self-regard

self-regard

noun

concern for one's own interest

proper esteem for oneself