self-esteem









self-esteem


noun

  1. a realistic respect for or favorable impression of oneself; self-respect.
  2. an inordinately or exaggeratedly favorable impression of oneself.

noun

  1. respect for or a favourable opinion of oneself
  2. an unduly high opinion of oneself; vanity

n.1650s, from self- + esteem (n.). Popularized by phrenology, which assigned it a “bump” (Spurzheim, 1815).

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