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self-respect en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English respect English self-respect From self- + respect.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The knowledge of one's own worth.
    • In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging[…]an uncontrollable will—sturdy pride, which might be disciplined into self-respect—and a bitter scorn of many things which, when examined, might be found to have the taint of falsehood in them. 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
    • Would any woman have behaved like that—if a man had said he didn’t want her? We’ve too much self-respect; we’re infinitely finer than they are. 1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter XIX, in The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
    • […] he wished he had been a William Price, distinguishing himself and working his way to fortune and consequence with so much self-respect and happy ardour, instead of what he was! 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XXIV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
    • “To hold Arrakis,” the Duke said, “one is faced with decisions that may cost one his self-respect.” He pointed out the window to the Atreides green and black banner hanging limply from a staff at the edge of the landing field. "That honorable banner could come to mean many evil things." 1965 October 1, Frank Herbert, “Book I: Dune”, in Dune, Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Book Company; [Toronto], Ont.: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 103:

Relateds

dignity · self-worth · self-esteem

Translations (51)

nan-hbl chì-khì (knowledge of one's own worth) · fi itsekunnioitus (knowledge of one's own worth) · ka თავმოყვარეობა (knowledge of one's own worth) · ro respect de sine (knowledge of one's own worth) · ja 自尊 (knowledge of one's own worth) · cy hunan-barch (knowledge of one's own worth) · ga féinmheas (knowledge of one's own worth) · ru самоуваже́ние (knowledge of one's own worth) · nl zelfrespect (knowledge of one's own worth) · fr respect de soi (knowledge of one's own worth) · km ការគោរពរាប់អានខ្លួនឯង (knowledge of one's own worth) · ka თვითდაფასება (knowledge of one's own worth) · lv pašcieņa (knowledge of one's own worth) · gv arrym er hene (knowledge of one's own worth) · nv ádiłjídlį́ (knowledge of one's own worth) · de Selbstrespekt (knowledge of one's own worth) · ja 自尊心 (knowledge of one's own worth) · el αυτοσεβασμός (knowledge of one's own worth) · hu önérzet (knowledge of one's own worth) · cmn 自尊 (knowledge of one's own worth) · da selvrespekt (knowledge of one's own worth) · az özünə hörmət (knowledge of one's own worth) · hy ինքնասիրություն (knowledge of one's own worth) · sv självaktning (knowledge of one's own worth) · cs sebeúcta (knowledge of one's own worth) · hy արժանապատվություն (knowledge of one's own worth) · ru чу́вство со́бственного досто́инства (knowledge of one's own worth) · mi kiritau (knowledge of one's own worth) · pt vergonha na cara (knowledge of one's own worth) · cmn 自尊心 (knowledge of one's own worth) · de Selbstachtung (knowledge of one's own worth) · eo memrespekto (knowledge of one's own worth) · pl poczucie własnej wartości (knowledge of one's own worth) · de Selbstwertschätzung (knowledge of one's own worth) · pl szacunek dla samego siebie (knowledge of one's own worth) · es autorrespeto (knowledge of one's own worth) · sh samopoštovanje (knowledge of one's own worth) · ko 자존심 (knowledge of one's own worth) · hy թասիբ (knowledge of one's own worth) · hi आत्मगौरव (knowledge of one's own worth) · nan-hbl chū-chun (knowledge of one's own worth) · hi आत्मसम्मान (knowledge of one's own worth) · tr özsaygı (knowledge of one's own worth) · pt orgulho (knowledge of one's own worth) · lt savigarba (knowledge of one's own worth) · gd fèin-urram (knowledge of one's own worth) · fr dignité personnelle (knowledge of one's own worth) · it autostima (knowledge of one's own worth) · vi lòng tự trọng (knowledge of one's own worth) · nv ádił ídlį́ (knowledge of one's own worth) · bg самоуваже́ние (knowledge of one's own worth)