SELF-ESTEEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-esteem mean? 

• SELF-ESTEEM (noun)
  The noun SELF-ESTEEM has 1 sense:

1. a feeling of pride in yourself

  Familiarity information: SELF-ESTEEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-ESTEEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of pride in yourself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

self-esteem; self-pride

Hypernyms ("self-esteem" is a kind of...):

pride; pridefulness (a feeling of self-respect and personal worth)

 Context examples 

I thought so too; and my self-esteem being wounded by the false charge, I answered promptly, I never cried for such a thing in my life: I hate going out in the carriage.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A question about whether an individual has or had low self-esteem because of their swallowing problem.

(Have Low Self-Esteem due to Swallowing Problem, NCI Thesaurus)

You could have considerations about money that are keeping you in the situation, but no amount of money is worth seeing your self-esteem continually hammered into the ground.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)