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

It is quite what I expected of him,what man of his type could find pardon for a blow to his own amour propre!

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But impersonality has prevented the Far Oriental from having much amour propre.

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It hurt not only his acquired republican feelings, but what lies far deeper than those, his amour propre.

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Here was little of the amour propre of Baltimore and Philadelphia.

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The love of country is something a little more than mere amour propre.

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