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Recent Examples of self-regard One idea is writing down or verbalizing positive affirmations: positive statements that boost self-regard and self-esteem. Mark Gurarie, Health, 10 Jan. 2025 His recollections may also help many others in the TV-news ranks, where long hours, stressful deadlines and national exposure can play havoc with self-regard. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-regard
Noun
  • Individuals can take pride in smaller achievements, knowing that their contribution is bringing us closer to the end goal.
    Farzana Abdulhusein, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Corporate philanthropy, too, has diminished, which is a particular problem in a city where business leaders once took pride in making generous contributions to the arts.
    David Allen Jenn Ackerman, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Less selfishness and more of a consideration for the next generations of human beings and other beings (animals and environment) that will inherit our mistakes.
    Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Catherine’s major personality traits are selfishness and a mild yet persistent case of trichophagia.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Shrugging off physical vanity and even declining to correct strangers on their nonbinary pronouns, Gibson retreats from identity in the face of an all-consuming and transformative illness.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Whether the room is used for overlapping daily routines or as a space to rest and relax, popular features include separate vanities, dual sinks, and showers with multiple showerheads and plenty of space for two people.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Meghan McCain slams Meghan Markle's new 'out of touch' TV show: 'Do something to help people instead of your ego' Production delays in an industry still recovering from the 2023 SAG-WGA strikes are only the tip of the iceberg.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Over the past fifty years, the job of Lorne Michaels, the show’s creator, has been to make the stars look good, and to corral the egos and talents on his staff in order to get the program on the air, live.
    Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But the moon landing did nothing to diminish injustice, war, poverty, bigotry, narcissism or philosophical emptiness, the scourges of mankind.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Personality Disorders: Traits like narcissism can exacerbate manipulative behaviors that have always been present.
    Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Los Angeles’ young defense has a ton of confidence after a dominating, record-tying performance against the Vikings.
    Mark Ross, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The only way is to give some confidence to the players is to win games.
    Sam Pilger, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025

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“Self-regard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-regard. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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