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self-ˈlove
[self- 1 a, d.]
1. Love of oneself; in early use most freq. = partiality to oneself, amour-propre; later, usually = regard for one's interests or well-being; chiefly with definitely opprobrious implication, self-centredness, selfishness.
1563Mirr. Mag., Hastings ii, In Læthes floud, long since, in Stigian vale Selfe love I dreynt. a1586Sidney Apol. Poetry (Arb.) 19 Selfe-loue is better then any guilding to make that seeme gorgious, wherein our selues are parties. c1600Shakes. Sonn. lxii. 1 Sinne of selfe-loue possesseth al mine eie. 1655Culpepper, etc. Riverius To Rdr., I, who never had the thought (being very free from Self-Love,) that my writings were of so much worth. 1733Pope Ess. Man iii. 281 Self-love forsook the path it first pursu'd, And found the private in the public good. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 35 That kind of self-love which takes the form of family pride. 1861Sat. Rev. 14 Sept. 269 Bear irritations, nuisances, what not, rather than inflict any sudden wound on your friend's self-love. 1875Manning Mission Holy Ghost v. 130 Self-love..is the abuse and perversion of that love of self which is a divine law.
attrib.1596Nashe Saffron Walden N 3 b, In thys innouating selfe-loue Age.
2. Philos. Regard for one's own well-being or happiness, considered as a natural and proper relation of a man to himself.
1683D. A. Art Converse 1 A rational and lawful sort of Self-love. 1688Norris Love i. v. 51 That special sort of Benevolence which we call self-love. 1726Butler Serm. Rolls Chapel iii. 55 Conscience and Self-love, if we understand our true Happiness, always lead us the same Way: Duty and Interest are perfectly coincident. 1727Pope Thoughts Var. Subj. in Misc. I. 400 Religion is allow'd to be the highest Instance of Self-Love. 1828D. Stewart Philos. Powers of Man ii. i. I. 145 Self-love..is inseparable from our nature as rational and sensitive beings. 1883H. Maudsley Body & Will 166 Self-love is not despicable, but laudable, since duties to self, if self-perfecting..must needs be duties to others. |