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单词 self-admiration
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self-admirationn.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfadmᵻˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌædməˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: see self- prefix and admiration n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, admiration n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + admiration n. Compare earlier self-admiring adj.
Admiration of oneself; self-pride; conceitedness.
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun]
idleshipa1250
vanitya1340
self-love1539
self-liking1549
conceit1563
vainness1567
self-pridea1586
self-delight1591
self-admiration1609
self-respect1609
self-lovingnessa1628
self-idolatry1643
self-idolizing1643
selfism1731
coxcombry1745
coxcombliness1765
coxcombicality1766
coxcombery1774
narcissism1822
narcism1938
1609 R. Stafford tr. P. Du Moulin Heraclitus 45 Dispaire, presumption, and selfe admiration [Fr. admiration de soy-mesme] doe insensibly glide into mens spirits.
1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 197 The Quiet Enjoyment of their unenvy'd Self-admiration.
a1761 W. Law Comfort Weary Pilgrim (1809) 83 They..full of self-esteem, and self-admiration, for their own progress in them.
1888 F. Cowper Capt. of Wight (1889) 58 At first the sense of shyness had kept this feeling of self-admiration down.
1937 J. Cournos tr. E. Tarlé Bonaparte iv. 77 He was not so conceited a political moralist as his fellow Director, whose egotism often took the form of actual self-admiration.
2003 New Yorker 2 June 65/3 Stein's self-admiration and self-assurance needed to be fed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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