amour-propre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of amour-propre
First recorded in 1775–85; literally, “self-love”
Example Sentences
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It’s hard to see how, other than in their amour-propre, since Chief Justice Hughes ruled nearly nine decades ago that Congress had no right to disregard the fiscal obligations it enacted.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023
As much as the Beatles, it was Connery’s charismatic Bond who kept alive Britain’s postwar amour-propre.
From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2020
Rousseau distinguished two forms of self-love, amour de soi and amour-propre.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2018
It was a matter of amour-propre, but—again—also of tactics.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2016
He left yesterday at three o'clock, and I understand he has full powers to negotiate an armistice upon any terms which will save the amour-propre of the Parisians.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry
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