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self-love

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self-love (slflv)
n.
The instinct or desire to promote one's own well-being; regard for or love of one's self.
self-loving adj.
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Noun1.self-loveself-love - feelings of excessive pride
amour propre, conceit, vanity
pride, pridefulness - a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
2.self-loveself-love - an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself; "self-love that shut out everyone else"
narcism, narcissism
conceitedness, vanity, conceit - the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
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The twins threw themselves into it with their whole heart, for their self-love was engaged.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
It is not self-love that prompts me to speak of my own comforting, but my friendship and love for you, which will never fade from my heart.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
You must make her easy in a seaway, you must never forget that you owe her the fullest share of your thought, of your skill, of your self-love.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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