amour-propre

The other nominees are the underdogs Michael Haneke (Amour) and Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild).

J'avois besoin en cette occasion de votre propre loquence, pour bien rendre ma pense.

L'amour propre de ceux qui l'ont recherch s'est trouv bless de ses refus.

It is quite what I expected of him,what man of his type could find pardon for a blow to his own amour propre!

But impersonality has prevented the Far Oriental from having much amour propre.

His very birth is a stolen thing, the darkling fruit of a divine amour in a dusky cavern.