amour-propre

[ a-moor-praw-pruh ]

noun

, French.

1. self-esteem; self-respect.

amour-propre

/ amurprɔprə /

noun

1. self-respect

Word History and Origins

Origin of amour-propre¹

First recorded in 1775–85; literally, “self-love”

Example Sentences

Failla also took a swipe at the crypto gang’s amour-propre, rejecting Coinbase’s argument that the case should fall within the “major questions doctrine,” an informal rule that requires regulatory initiatives to be explicitly authorized by Congress if they involve issues of “vast economic and political significance.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’s hard to see how, other than in their amour-propre, since Chief Justice Hughes ruled nearly nine decades ago that Congress had no right to disregard the fiscal obligations it enacted.

From Los Angeles Times

As much as the Beatles, it was Connery’s charismatic Bond who kept alive Britain’s postwar amour-propre.

From The Guardian

Perhaps this is what, among other things, gives rise to what is often derided as virtue-signalling, not to mention the ferocious rows, overreactions, wounded amour-propre and grandstanding that often characterise social media communities.

From The Guardian

But amid the shambolic style of Joe Biden’s front-running campaign to date, the flip-flops and apparent gaffes, it’s possible to discern a certain method, a general plan for how the candidate hopes to run for president: by changing positions on issues when he needs to, but without betraying his own amour-propre, his sense of what being Joe Biden is supposed to mean.

From New York Times