'Self-esteem' definitions:
Definition of 'self-esteem'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of pride in yourself [syn: self-esteem, self- pride]
Definition of 'Self-esteem'
From: GCIDE
- Self-esteem \Self`-es*teem"\, n. The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'self-esteem'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquisitiveness,
- amour propre,
- amour-propre,
- arrogance,
- autism,
- autoeroticism,
- boastfulness,
- careerism,
- clear,
- complacency,
- conceit,
- consequentiality,
- ego trip,
- egoism,
- egotism,
- face,
- graspingness,
- greed,
- haughtiness,
- independence,
- individualism,
- interest,
- manifest,
- narcism,
- narcissism,
- obvious,
- overproudness,
- overweening pride,
- pardonable pride,
- personal aims,
- personal ambition,
- personal desires,
- personalism,
- plain,
- possessiveness,
- pride,
- pridefulness,
- prima facie,
- privatism,
- proudness,
- purse-pride,
- remoteness,
- self-absorption,
- self-admiration,
- self-advancement,
- self-approbation,
- self-centeredness,
- self-complacency,
- self-confidence,
- self-congratulation,
- self-consequence,
- self-consideration,
- self-containment,
- self-content,
- self-delight,
- self-devotion,
- self-endearment,
- self-evident,
- self-glorification,
- self-gratulation,
- self-importance,
- self-indulgence,
- self-infatuation,
- self-interest,
- self-interestedness,
- self-jealousy,
- self-love,
- self-occupation,
- self-pleasing,
- self-regard,
- self-reliance,
- self-respect,
- self-satisfaction,
- self-seeking,
- self-serving,
- self-solicitude,
- self-sufficiency,
- self-worship,
- selfishness,
- selfism,
- smugness,
- stiff-necked pride,
- stiff-neckedness,
- unmistakable,
- unquestionable,
- vaingloriousness,
- vainglory,
- vainness,
- vanity