Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Pride in oneself; self-respect.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Esteem or good opinion of one's self; especially, an estimate of one's self that is too high.
Wiktionary
- n. Personal feelings or opinions of oneself.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a feeling of pride in yourself
Etymologies
- self- + esteem (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Anyone who’s self-esteem is so bloated as to blind him/her from his/her faults does not have a ’self-esteem problem’.”
“Before going any further, let’s accurately define the term self-esteem.”
“The American Academy of Pediatrics guide to caring for babies and young children uses the word self-esteem ten times in the space of seven pages in the first chapter, and that doesn’t even count the numerous mentions of self-respect, confidence, and belief in oneself.”
“Others have been dislocated from work, escaped from an abusive relationship or just have low self-esteem, which is where Mr. Ramchandani comes in.”
“The ability of your children to have a positive emotional reaction begins with a firm grounding in their feeling loved, secure, and competent, in other words, their self-esteem.”
“Low self-esteem translates into several things: subjecting oneself to abuse, both verbal and physical; believing that you cannot accomplish your dreams; and allowing others to dictate how you live your life.”
“It comes back again to the idea of self-esteem and feeling good about ourselves.”
“A sense of entitlement to “specialness” and positive outcomes has compromised rather than enhanced real self-esteem, which is based on mastery rather than wishful thinking.”
“Healthy narcissism depends on real self-esteem, which is something completely lacking in the people we commonly describe as Narcissists.”
“But I had gone too far, had thrown far too much of what I laughingly referred to as my self-esteem into the bargain.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘self-esteem’.
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Psychology
stockholm syndrome, stereotype, ergonomics, human-computer in..., prejudice, neo-luddism, stress, trauma, psychopathology, psychotic, neurosis, depression and 180 more...
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Psycho
To see,feel, touch people as objects with emotion instead as empty shells. These objects may be hollow or shallow or solid. But it has shape which can be shaped further and polished well. With that...
egodystonic, egosyntonic, narcissism, altruism, empathy, efficacy, epigenetic, congruence, prognosis, etiology, iatrogenic, tacit and 1 more...
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Lingering Irritation
Intensely disliked words from (a) grad program(s) in social sciences. At first they sound tricky and important. Take note! "Modeling is an important aspect in education. Eschew obfuscation."
...zeitgeist, praxis, cathexis, dissertation, reflexive, reflective, empathetic, empathic, paucity, diversity, intervention, efficacy and 23 more...
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National Library Agenda Summit
nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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Beknownst1981's list
I love words, especially the ones I make up with my friends.
translucent meat ..., beknownst (knew), plethora, curmudgeon, wanderlust, actually, differentiate, bearded, hobbit feet, female, sexy time, librarian and 220 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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psychology
influence, construal, mimicry, behavior, stimulus, response, control, need, belonging, environment, conflict, difference and 60 more...
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w6-16/08
shortcoming, productivity, dedicate, put off, self-esteem, boost, essential, racket, yelling, tick off, screw around, screw up and 32 more...
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self-
list of self-s
self-discovery, self-awareness, self-actualization, self-respect, self-esteem, self-understanding, self-portrait, self-centered, self-righteousness, self-worth, self-reference, self-exam and 34 more...
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Words to learn
omit, in all likelihood, unlikely, utterly, every now and then, once in a while, deceptive, consequence, after all, ever since, reckon, show off and 52 more...
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Self-concept
Regarding self-identify.
personal identity, self-referential ..., self-schema, sense of possibility, values, abilities, deservingness, timeline, personal narrative, self image, self-esteem, gender identity and 27 more...
Tweets
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Prolagus What does it mean? ;-) (just kidding) Jun 28, 2008
vermontster Argh!! Jun 28, 2008