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

Rather than plunging us into innocent love with an apparent stranger, they beam our conscious self-regard back at ourselves.

From The Daily Beast

And as usual, Dermer levels his accusations with a torrent of intellectual self-regard and little actual evidence.

From The Daily Beast

And I wonder how their high self-regard will affect their ability to practice medicine.

From The Daily Beast

Start viewing them with a bit more respect and people like yourself with a bit less self-regard.

From The Daily Beast

For one thing, it shows an overhealthy self-regard that crosses into delusion.

From The Daily Beast

If they are tainted by any self-regard, then they are not charitable deeds at all.

From Project Gutenberg

It was no mean or ungenerous argument which the young Nonconformist pursued in his fervour of youth and wounded self-regard.

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His fierce shyness, his arrogant self-regard, are notes of a primitive state.

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For a moment her hand pressed hard against her lips, and then her maiden self-regard quietly but strenuously definitely rebelled.

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His object is to make gain for himself, and his spirit is therefore a spirit of self-regard.

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