amour-propre
Origin of amour-propre
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How to use amour-propre in a sentence
It is quite what I expected of him,what man of his type could find pardon for a blow to his own amour propre!
The Sorrows of Satan | Marie CorelliBut impersonality has prevented the Far Oriental from having much amour propre.
The Soul of the Far East | Percival LowellIt hurt not only his acquired republican feelings, but what lies far deeper than those, his amour propre.
Babylon, Volume 2 (of 3) | Grant AllenHere was little of the amour propre of Baltimore and Philadelphia.
The Soul of John Brown | Stephen GrahamThe love of country is something a little more than mere amour propre.
Res Judicat | Augustine Birrell
British Dictionary definitions for amour-propre
/ French (amurprɔprə) /
self-respect
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