self-regard
Americannoun
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concern for one's own interest
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proper esteem for oneself
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of self-regard
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, a group of pooh-bahs from college sports—an industry with boundless self-regard but limited ability to agree on anything—met with our elected pooh-bahs in Washington, D.C., who proudly do that for a living.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
It was also a rebuke to the idea of grandiosity, in which inflated self-regard amounts to a distorted relationship with reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
Greene is “a powerful free agent with considerable self-regard and a big chip on her shoulder,” Karni wrote, adding she “appears to feel no obligation to anyone in Washington.”
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
The character has to project entitlement, a whiff of corrosive self-regard.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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