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self-love Definition

self·-love (-luv′)

noun

  1. love of oneself
  2. regard for oneself and one's own interests

self-love Synonyms

self-love

n.

vanity, conceit, self-esteem; see arrogance, egotism.

self-love Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • bring: May it bring self-love and healing into your life.

Adjective modifier

  • gentle: Rose Quartz brings powerful healing energies to remove negativity and bring back a strong sense of self-worth and gentle self-love.
self-love Quotes

The 'golden-calf of self-love'.

—Carlyle,Thomas

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.

—Jordan,June

Thus God and nature linked the gen'ral frame, And bade self-love and social be the same.

—Pope, Alexander

Liebe zu sich selbst ist immer derAnfang eines romanhaften Lebens. Self-love is always the beginning of a novelistic affair.

—Mann,Thomas

He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.

—Powell, Anthony Dymoke