self-love
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.
self-loving
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a word derived from
self-love.
Example Sentences
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Most importantly, letting someone go who you know is not aligned with the life you want to live is a deeply self-loving act.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Above all, it’s the self-deprecating, self-aware and ultimately self-loving honesty that distinguishes Tea’s way of life and her irresistible, evocative and wise way of writing about it.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022
Whatever your thing, the essence of this ritual is to carve out time for yourself every day to recharge with a little self-loving activity that puts you square in the present moment.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2022
Alys, the heir to a flush-toilet fortune, orphaned at a young age by his glamorous but rather useless parents, lives a detached and self-loving life in Los Angeles circa 1980.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2014
You could not love him because you are too proud—no, not proud, that is an error; because you are too vain—no, not quite that either; too self-loving; you are self-loving to madness.
From The Idiot by Eva M. Martin
