Antonyms for self-love
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : self-luhv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlfˈlʌv |
Definition of self-love
Origin :- also self love, 1560s, from self- + love (n.).
- noun egotism
- Well, to tell the truth, I was not, and the truth is better than self-love.
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
- It is self-love inflamed to the acute point; conceit, with a hair-trigger.
- Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
- There are three subjective principles of morals,—sympathy, benevolence, self-love.
- Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
- You see how self-love keeps us from knowing our own defects of mind and body.
- Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
- And the only answer was one still more wounding to his self-love.
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- It was self-love, but self-love ennobled by generous wishes and high ambitions.
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- How full of self-love are the self-righteous, and how void of the love of God!
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
- This is the preponderating love of ease, a branch of self-love.
- Extract from : « The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings » by John Abercrombie
- This is Self-love;—which leads us to seek our own protection, comfort, and advantage.
- Extract from : « The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings » by John Abercrombie
- Self-love, which prompts him to seek his own ease, interest, or gratification.
- Extract from : « The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings » by John Abercrombie
Synonyms for self-love
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