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Antonyms for self-regard


Grammar : Noun
Spell : self-ri-gahrd, self-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlf rɪˈgɑrd, ˌsɛlf-



Definition of self-regard

Origin :
  • 1590s, from self- + regard (n.).
  • noun pride
Example sentences :
  • I would not wish to offend the self-regard of Vermilionville.
  • Extract from : « Bonaventure » by George Washington Cable
  • Self-regard, that is, is essential, and sympathy supposes its existence.
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
  • He was free from self-regard, and had the devotion of all who served with him.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
  • The rationality of self-regard seemed to me as undeniable as the rationality of self-sacrifice.
  • Extract from : « The Methods of Ethics » by Henry Sidgwick
  • Before the love of right, of virtue, of truth, appears this self-regard.
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Modern Thought » by Various
  • But we do not stop to argue out matters when our own self-regard is in question.
  • Extract from : « Sir Tom » by Mrs. Oliphant
  • If they are tainted by any self-regard, then they are not charitable deeds at all.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon » by Alexander Maclaren
  • There can be no strength of character without self-regard, and self-regard is built on the instinctive desire of self-assertion.
  • Extract from : « Outwitting Our Nerves » by Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
  • There is a remarkable passage in the old "Theologia Germanica," which hits, I think, the very point in this matter of self-regard.
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Modern Thought » by Various
  • The more vital a young man is, the less will he brood in self-regard over his wrongdoing.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on religion at the front » by Neville Stuart Talbot

Synonyms for self-regard

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