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
And any woman who would obey the nod of a tyrant, to become his wife, could never expect to enjoy any self-estimation afterwards.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold
Down—safe, that is, from the steep and slippery places of self-estimation, self-exaltation, self-satisfaction.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte
And it is this feeling which forms the germ of the self-estimation of adults.
From Illusions A Psychological Study by James Sully
On this topic the author produces a splendid moral essay, in which he describes the various modes of our self-estimation, and draws a contrast between pride and vanity.
From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain
