self-love
[self-luhv]
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.
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Origin of self-love
First recorded in 1555–65
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Contemporary Examples of self-love
For women, the love that dares not speak its name is self-love.
A huge part of self-love is being able to stand up for yourself when you are feeling taken advantage of.
He had to be awakened to the light of self-love and strong thinking freed from the influence of white folks.
Historical Examples of self-love
Well, to tell the truth, I was not, and the truth is better than self-love.
The Field of IceJules Verne
It is self-love inflamed to the acute point; conceit, with a hair-trigger.
Pax VobiscumHenry Drummond
There are three subjective principles of morals,—sympathy, benevolence, self-love.
PhilebusPlato
You see how self-love keeps us from knowing our own defects of mind and body.
And the only answer was one still more wounding to his self-love.
Gerald FitzgeraldCharles James Lever
self-love
noun
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self-love
n.
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