self-regard

noun

self-re·​gard ˌself-ri-ˈgärd How to pronounce self-regard (audio)
: regard for or consideration of oneself or one's own interests

Examples of self-regard in a Sentence

her self-regard meant that she assumed everyone wanted to hear about every tiny detail of her life people with enough self-regard to keep their modest home in spotless condition
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The whole point of the Shamrock Series is to let Notre Dame bask in self-regard. Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024 Pooter is ordinary and recognisable with a healthy self-regard bordering on delusional. The Week Uk, theweek, 28 June 2024 Being from Brooklyn fits her well; smooth self-regard and tight-lipped maturity — qualities popularized by the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, and even Pop Smoke — are her calling cards. Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024 What might seem like virtue can also read as oblivious self-regard. Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024 What that amounts to is that Garvey is running a campaign of vanity and self-regard. Jim Newton, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024 Still, punk, born specifically in reaction to rock’s decadent self-regard, presents a uniquely hard case. Brett Martin, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023 Mayor Eric Adams’s exuberant self-regard stops just short of biceps-kissing. Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023 This is moral vanity, Edelman admits: a professional charmer’s eagerness to flatter other people’s self-regard as a way of buttressing his own. Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1595, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of self-regard was in 1595

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“Self-regard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-regard. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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self-regard

noun
self-re·​gard
ˌsel-fri-ˈgärd
: regard for or consideration of oneself or one's own interests
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