self-love

[ self-luhv ]

/ ˈsɛlfˈlʌv /

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noun

the instinct by which one's actions are directed to the promotion of one's own welfare or well-being, especially an excessive regard for one's own advantage.

conceit; vanity.

narcissism(def 2).

Words nearby self-love

self-limited, self-limiting, self-liquidating, self-loader, self-loading, self-love, self-made, self-mailer, self-mastery, self-mate, self-medication

Origin of self-love

First recorded in 1555–65

OTHER WORDS FROM self-love

self-lov·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for self-love

For women, the love that dares not speak its name is self-love.
C’mon, Ladies, Masturbation Isn’t Just for Bad Girls|Emily Shire|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A huge part of self-love is being able to stand up for yourself when you are feeling taken advantage of.
It’s Not Just the Vaccines. Jenny McCarthy’s New Book Offers More ‘Lessons’|Tim Teeman|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Does it suggest a standard to attain to, or does it merely minister to self-love and conceit?
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.|Charles James Lever
Now these sensations themselves very much employ us, and have perhaps as great influence as self-love.
Human Nature|Joseph Butler

Carter, with her mother's handwriting still red before his eyes, and his self-love shaken with rage flourished the letter.
The Man Who Could Not Lose|Richard Harding Davis
Two principles in human nature reign—/ Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
This is the stage which is technically known as auto-eroticism or self-love.
Outwitting Our Nerves|Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury

British Dictionary definitions for self-love

self-love

noun

the instinct or tendency to seek one's own well-being or to further one's own interest

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Medical definitions for self-love

self-love

n.

The instinct or desire to promote one's own well-being; regard for or love of one's self.

self-love

noun

Words related to self-love

Words nearby self-love

Origin of self-love

OTHER WORDS FROM self-love

Examples from the Web for self-love

British Dictionary definitions for self-love

noun

Medical definitions for self-love

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