estimation
noun
judgment or opinion.
self-estimation
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a word derived from
estimation.
Example Sentences
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It is an act of will, and, even when done as an adult, more an assertion of one’s own identity and self-estimation than an appraisal of the particular merits of a person or thing.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 21, 2018
Foscolo's conjecture seems hardly borne out by the context; but I think Dante had boldness and self-estimation enough to have advanced any claim whatsoever, had events turned out as he expected.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri
Since his retirement from business, his self-estimation had arisen very high, compared with what it had previously been; he was, of course, more easily offended.
From The Last Penny and Other Stories by William Croome
In all these instances there is a feeling of pure satisfaction and delight;—a feeling of self-estimation, which is at once the guardian and the reward of virtue.
From A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education by James Gall
He was cursed with the possession of a power and authority which no man of narrow mind, bitter prejudices, and inordinate self-estimation can exercise without depraving himself as well as injuring the nation.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various
