Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Self-esteem; self-respect.
Wiktionary
- n. The value one assigns to oneself or one's abilities in self assessment.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
Etymologies
- self- + worth (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I like the term self-worth best because I think it says something the other terms don’t.”
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“He is going to see you as a woman who knows her own self-worth, which is very attractive to the opposite sex.”
“No doubt we both had problems in the area of what popular psychologists call self-worth.”
“To do so would shatter both their self-worth and their blind faith in their authoritarian system of belief.”
Think Progress » CPAC audience boos former GOP Rep. Bob Barr for saying waterboarding is torture.
“Cease and desist with your delusional self-worth and self-view within every one of your insipid little posts, twerp ….”
Think Progress » Did Palin write the answers to Tea Party Convention questions on her hand?
“Of course the demand for automobiles will recover as long as the American Male (in many cases females too) relies on his automobile to project his self-image, his self-worth.”
“Yes, that would strike someone squarely in the self-worth.”
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“Having grown up with a mother who never allowed her the safety of speaking her mind, Nina demonstrates what happens when one is robbed of a sense of self-worth.”
The Huffington Post: Jane Shure: 'Black Swan' And The Harm In Perfectionism
“Our shopping has gone from an activity that required some consideration and thought to an impulse run wild, a substitute for self-worth or a way to shut out the world and shut off our own thoughts.”
The Huffington Post: Judith Acosta: How To Defend Yourself Against The Mediaâs Fear Tactics
“The collation of obesity and bullying means that the very kids who may be struggling most to measure their self-worth with something other than a bathroom scale are being told daily not to bother.”
The Huffington Post: David Katz, M.D.: Fatness, misFitness and the Right Kind of Island
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