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  1. amour propre love

Definitions

Wiktionary

  1. n. Self-regard, self-esteem.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. Self-love; self-esteem.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. feelings of excessive pride

Etymologies

  1. From French amour-propre. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “But once he had done that, he listed other virtues with which interest, though never predominating (or they would not be virtues at all), is almost always concomitant — e.g., policy with gratitude and fidelity, amour propre with honor.”

    An Exchange on Adam Smith

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