self-regard
Use Self-regard in a sentence
rɪˈgɑrd, ˌsɛlf- Origin:
1585–95
1585–95
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self-re·gard·ing, adjective
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| self-regard | |
| —n | |
| 1. | concern for one's own interest |
| 2. | proper esteem for oneself |
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Self-regard
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
There's an element of messianic self-regard about the sentence.
His swaggering heartiness and vain self-regard make the movie seem more unhinged than his smitten bride.
Their ignorance is encyclopaedic, their dementia incurable, their self-regard limitless.
He doesn't write well: he blathers, and if his self-regard weren't so ridiculous it would be intolerable.
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