self-esteem

Once a girl's self-esteem is crushed, the effects are far reaching and long lasting.
To End HIV, Stop Violence Against Adolescent Girls|Michele Moloney-Kitts|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was her flaws, her failures, her struggles with her weight and her self-esteem, and her refusal to be shamed by them.
The Day the Fairytale Died|Marilyn Johnson|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The price of being unable to perform is often paid in self-esteem.
Adult Women Are the New Face of ADHD|Rae Jacobson|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Will called the Twitter hashtag “an exercise in self-esteem.”
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows, May 11|PunditFact.com|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It manufactures credentials and sells the promise of self-esteem in exchange for a lifetime of debt.
Can Higher Education Really Save Our Humanity?|James Poulos|February 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had been assailed in his cherished respectability, his self-esteem.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Indeed, one of his few infirmities was rather a deficiency of self-esteem.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Isaac D'Israeli
The voice of self-reliance, and the voice of fear and lack of self-esteem, are easily recognized.
How to Read Human Nature|William Walker Atkinson
A hundred men will forgive a blow in the face where one will a blow to his self-esteem.
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son|George Horace Lorimer
Nothing was dearer to Derek than his self-esteem, and, even at the expense of the truth, he was resolved to shield it from injury.
Jill the Reckless|P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for self-esteem

self-esteem

noun

respect for or a favourable opinion of oneself

an unduly high opinion of oneself; vanity

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