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self-eˈsteem
[self- 1 a.]
Favourable appreciation or opinion of oneself.
1657Baker's Sancta Sophia ii. ii. ii. §2 Independence, Selfe-esteem, Selfe-judgment, & Selfe-will. 1667Milton P.L. viii. 572 Oft times nothing profits more Then self-esteem, grounded on just and right Well manag'd. 1745J. Mason Self-Knowledge i. i. (1853) 10 Thou wilt find nothing here that will flatter thy self-esteem. 1851D. Jerrold St. Giles xii. 121 The larger the man's self-esteem the surer is he of putting it off in the world's mart. 1884Manch. Exam. 11 Nov. 5/2 There are plentiful grounds for an honest self-esteem.
b. Phrenol. One of the mental faculties with which an ‘organ’ or ‘bump’ in the cranium is associated; the ‘bump’ itself.
1815J. G. Spurzheim Physiogn. Syst. iii. ii. 332. 1825 Combe Syst. Phrenol. 154 Self-esteem. This organ is situated at the vertex or top of the head, a little above the posterior or sagittal angle of the parietal bones. c1835W. D. Cooley Phrenol. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXIII. 326/2 Self-esteem..occupies the middle of the upper posterior part of the head immediately above the Inhabitiveness..of Gall's system.
So self-eˈsteeming ppl. a.
1658Baxter Saving Faith §6 Learned self-esteeming men. |