Self-esteem

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-esteem \Self`-es*teem"\, n.
     The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  self-esteem
       n 1: a feeling of pride in yourself [syn: {self-pride}]
       2: the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was
          beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity
          when under pressure" [syn: {dignity}, {self-respect}, {self-regard}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-esteem":
     acquisitiveness, amour propre, amour-propre, arrogance, autism,
     autoeroticism, boastfulness, careerism, clear, complacency,
     conceit, consequentiality, ego trip, egoism, egotism, face,
     graspingness, greed, haughtiness, independence, individualism,
     interest, manifest, narcism, narcissism, obvious, overproudness,
     overweening pride, pardonable pride, personal aims,
     personal ambition, personal desires, personalism, plain,
     possessiveness, pride, pridefulness, prima facie, privatism,
     proudness, purse-pride, remoteness, self-absorption,
     self-admiration, self-advancement, self-approbation,
     self-centeredness, self-complacency, self-confidence,
     self-congratulation, self-consequence, self-consideration,
     self-containment, self-content, self-delight, self-devotion,
     self-endearment, self-evident, self-glorification,
     self-gratulation, self-importance, self-indulgence,
     self-infatuation, self-interest, self-interestedness,
     self-jealousy, self-love, self-occupation, self-pleasing,
     self-regard, self-reliance, self-respect, self-satisfaction,
     self-seeking, self-serving, self-solicitude, self-sufficiency,
     self-worship, selfishness, selfism, smugness, stiff-necked pride,
     stiff-neckedness, unmistakable, unquestionable, vaingloriousness,
     vainglory, vainness, vanity