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Recent Examples of amour propre But Edna soon became a case study in exorbitant amour propre, lampooning suburban pretensions, political correctness and the cult of celebrity, and acquiring a damehood along the way. Margalit Fox, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023 White is Smart Lite without the emotional volatility and ever-present amour propre. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022 But Britain, its amour propre stung at losing such a treasure, halted its export and raised money to keep it in the country. Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022 As Joe Biden has frankly noted, Mrs. Biden sought the Dr. honorific to rebuild her amour propre. Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 Dec. 2020 Underneath its gleaming promise of public scholarship, Wikipedia is a community that teems with its own authorities and cognoscenti, with all the high-handedness, Byzantine bylaws, and amour propre of any cultural institution on 5th Avenue. Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 2 Nov. 2020 Fundamental to Chinese amour propre is the belief that the language is too difficult for foreigners, who will never master its complete set of characters. Peter Neville-Hadley, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017 There is no such thing as private satisfaction of amour propre. David Lay Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2017 Concessions at this stage would damage national amour propre to an unacceptable degree. Patrick N. Theros, Time, 26 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amour propre
Noun
  • Elsewhere is a bar/parlor room, as well as an inviting primary suite that comes complete with a Juliette balcony, a walk-in closet, and a luxe bath flaunting dual vanities and a large shower.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Grand suites have separate in-room dining tables and some even have bathtubs and dual-sink stone vanities.
    Nicole Trilivas, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This leads to a heartfelt exploration of ego, humility, and legacy.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But fame and success ultimately released any reluctance to speak out, and seemed to loosen his ego as well.
    Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Despite her standout performance, Keith took most pride in Northwood’s historic victory.
    Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Hezbollah has long justified reckless wars against Israel with appeals to pan-Arab pride: The liberation of Palestine was worth any sacrifice.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Dastmalchian gets to play it all — disbelief, arrogance, grieving, terrified — sometimes in the same moment.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
  • These things are a big investment of time and to have not one, but two of them that might otherwise have had a reasonable expectation of success — probably arrogance on my part — but still, many times an author who gets published once can get published a second time.
    Choire Sicha, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024

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“Amour propre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amour%20propre. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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