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View synonyms for amour-propre
amour-propre
[ a-moor-praw-pruh ]
amour-propre
/ amurprɔprə /
noun
- self-respect
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Word History and Origins
Origin of amour-propre1
First recorded in 1775–85; literally, “self-love”
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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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