Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Pride in oneself; self-respect.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Esteem or good opinion of one's self; especially, an estimate of one's self that is too high.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Personal feelings or opinions of oneself.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a feeling of pride in yourself
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anyone who’s self-esteem is so bloated as to blind him/her from his/her faults does not have a ’self-esteem problem’.
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Before going any further, let’s accurately define the term self-esteem.
Parenting by the Book John Rosemond 2007
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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.
Generation Me Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge 2006
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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.
Generation Me Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge 2006
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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.
Dr. Jim Taylor: Freak Out or Geek Out?: Children's Emotional Reactions to Achievement Dr. Jim Taylor 2012
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Others have been dislocated from work, escaped from an abusive relationship or just have low self-esteem, which is where Mr. Ramchandani comes in.
New Suits for New Starts Melanie Grayce West 2012
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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.
Dr. Jim Taylor: Freak Out or Geek Out?: Children's Emotional Reactions to Achievement Dr. Jim Taylor 2012
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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.
Dr. Jim Taylor: Freak Out or Geek Out?: Children's Emotional Reactions to Achievement Dr. Jim Taylor 2012
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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.
The Hot Box Zane 2010
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It comes back again to the idea of self-esteem and feeling good about ourselves.
Generation Me Ph.D. Jean M. Twenge 2006
vermontster commented on the word self-esteem
Argh!!
June 29, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word self-esteem
What does it mean? ;-) (just kidding)
June 29, 2008