fondness
noun
the state or quality of being fond.
self-fondness
-
a word derived from
fondness.
Example Sentences
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A man should nurse his opinions in privacy and self-fondness for a long time, and seek for sympathy and love, not for detection or censure.
From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by A. Turnbull
