self-regard

[ self-ri-gahrd, self- ]

noun

1. consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
2. self-respect.

self-regard

noun

1. concern for one's own interest
2. proper esteem for oneself

Other Words From

• self-re·garding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-regard¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Maybe I’m just hardwired to say this as a Gen X-er, but it’s been exasperating to see that optimism harden among some boomers into a kind of deluded self-regard.

From Los Angeles Times

New Yorkers have had to endure Trump's “personal brand,” comprising equal parts of privilege, bull***t and exploitation — all of it wrapped in hugely inflated self-regard, masking pathological insecurity — for half a lifetime now.

From Salon

His narrator, Richard, is the least shiny of a golden foursome whose youth, beauty and careless wealth allow them to levitate somewhere over Sydney Harbor, happily encased in the champagne bubble of their bottomless self-regard.

From New York Times

Reaching back to his Gabe Lewis character in “The Office,” he puts the anger, condescension and self-regard right on the surface, and he swerves effortlessly between pompous confidence and sweaty panic.

From New York Times

Snippets are enough to really get a sense of the high self-regard McCarthy has for himself, which is in direct contrast to how everyone else sees him.

From Salon