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[ self-ri-gahrd, self- ] / ˈsɛlf rɪˈgɑrd, ˌsɛlf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR self-regard ON THESAURUS.COM
nounconsideration for oneself or one's own interests. self-respect. Origin of self-regardFirst recorded in 1585–95 OTHER WORDS FROM self-regardself-re·gard·ing, adjectiveWords nearby self-regardself-questioning, self-raising, self-realization, self-recording, self-reference, self-regard, self-regarding, self-registering, self-registering thermometer, self-regulated, self-regulating Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-regardHannah Seligson examines the ways our love lives are coming to reflect our record-high levels of self-regard. Do Narcissists Have Better Sex?|Hannah Seligson|June 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST Brown might be short of popular support but he does not want for self-regard. Mr. Brown Goes to Washington|Andrew Neil|March 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST The rationality of self-regard seemed to me as undeniable as the rationality of self-sacrifice. The Methods of Ethics|Henry Sidgwick There can be no strength of character without self-regard, and self-regard is built on the instinctive desire of self-assertion. Outwitting Our Nerves|Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
Self-regard, that is, is essential, and sympathy supposes its existence. The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen Selfishness, which is the excess of a just self-regard, is the one form of all evil in the world. Christianity and Modern Thought|Various He was free from self-regard, and had the devotion of all who served with him. The War in the Air; Vol. 1|Walter Raleigh.
British Dictionary definitions for self-regard
nounconcern for one's own interest proper esteem for oneself Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to self-regardself-respect, satisfaction, repletion, face, happiness, self-love, self-confidence, sufficiency, joy, self-sufficiency, self-satisfaction, delight, gratification, pridefulness, egotism, self-esteem, dignity, egoism, ego, pleasure |