self-regard

American  

[self-ri-gahrd, self-] / ˈsɛlf rɪˈgɑrd, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

1. consideration for oneself or one's own interests.

2. self-respect.

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self-regard British  

noun

1. concern for one's own interest

2. proper esteem for oneself

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Other Word Forms

• self-regarding
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of self-regard

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

He was resented for puncturing euphemisms of communal self-regard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Here, food is rarely appetizing, but it is always expressive, a kind of edible theater for the gang’s obsessions, failures and pathological self-regard.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

However, he believes that the current grievances aired by the likes of Bombshell are prompted more by self-regard than public interest.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

Maybe I’m just hardwired to say this as a Gen X-er, but it’s been exasperating to see that optimism harden among some boomers into a kind of deluded self-regard.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

The character has to project entitlement, a whiff of corrosive self-regard.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove