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Definition of "self-regard" []

  • Consideration of oneself or one's interests. (noun)
  • Self-respect. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "self-regard" in a sentence
  • "The book's publisher, Simon & Schuster, released a maddeningly vague statement about it today: O: A Presidential Novel is a novel about aspiration and delusion, set during the presidential election of 2012 and written by an anonymous author who has spent years observing politics and the fraught relationship between public image and self-regard."
  • "Michael White: As well as taking action to curtail reckless bonus structures we should also take time to laugh at the self-regard, greedy habits and often execrable taste of the super-rich"
  • "“O: A Presidential Novel” is a novel about aspiration and delusion, set during the presidential election of 2012 and written by an anonymous author who has spent years observing politics and the fraught relationship between public image and self-regard."