self-respect
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- self-respectful adjective
- self-respecting adjective
Etymology
Origin of self-respect
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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The Continent “produced the genius of Mozart and Beethoven,” and it isn’t narrow or xenophobic to feel pride in this; it is a just self-respect without which you won’t be able to continue in history.
“It wasn’t a matter of Gandhi or Dr. King then,” he said of the library sit-in, “it was just my own private pride and self-respect.”
From Los Angeles Times
“She taught me how to be a real woman, to have strength and self-respect, and to never give those things away,” Witherspoon said.
From Los Angeles Times
But he also lives for “the moment an audience will abandon its dignity and its self-respect” and laugh.
From Los Angeles Times
We found ourselves talking to our daughters about handling such interactions with self-respect, dignity and empathy—and avoiding their unhealthy opposites.
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