noun
- a realistic respect for or favorable impression of oneself; self-respect.
- an inordinately or exaggeratedly favorable impression of oneself.
noun
- respect for or a favourable opinion of oneself
- an unduly high opinion of oneself; vanity
n.1650s, from self- + esteem (n.). Popularized by phrenology, which assigned it a “bump” (Spurzheim, 1815).