admiration
noun
a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
self-admiration
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a word derived from
admiration.
Example Sentences
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Miller’s article is full of admiration, both for Delaney, and self-admiration, for his own ability to appreciate Delaney’s genius.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2020
The Pennsylvania Gazette, my alma mater’s glossy alumni magazine, doesn’t stray far from institutional self-admiration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2018
Photograph: Mike Hoban Tisbe and Clorinda, the daughters of Don Magnifico, are adorning themselves extravagantly, and indulging in ecstasies of self-admiration.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2012
Robert Eli plays Hannay, who made his first appearance in John Buchan’s 1915 novel, with a nice mix of heroic self-admiration and comic doltishness.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2011
Yet this self-admiration, brought forward on every occasion as the incentive to every action and reflected from all around him, is the burden and pivot of the story.”
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin
