self-love

[self-luhv]

noun

1. the instinct by which one's actions are directed to the promotion of one's own welfare or well-being, especially an excessive regard for one's own advantage.

2. conceit; vanity.

3. narcissism.

self-love

noun

1. the instinct or tendency to seek one's own well-being or to further one's own interest

Other Word Forms

• self-loving adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-love¹

First recorded in 1555–65