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self-esteem

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌsɛlf.əˈstiːm/
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  • rhymes with -iːm

1

noun

Meaning 1

Confidence in one's own worth; self-respect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a feeling of pride in yourself

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: self-pride

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pride, pridefulness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English esteem English self-esteem From self- + esteem.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَقْدِير ذَات (taqdīr ḏāt) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Armenian: ինքնագնահատական (inkʻnagnahatakan) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Azerbaijani: özünəhörmət — confidence in one's own worth
  • Bulgarian: самоуваже́ние (samouvažénie) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Bulgarian: самомнение (samomnenie) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Catalan: autoestima — confidence in one's own worth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自尊 (zìzūn) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自尊心 (zìzūnxīn) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Czech: sebeúcta — confidence in one's own worth
  • Czech: hrdost — confidence in one's own worth
  • Danish: selvværd — confidence in one's own worth
  • Dutch: eigenwaarde — confidence in one's own worth
  • Dutch: gevoel van eigenwaarde — confidence in one's own worth
  • Dutch: zelfrespect — confidence in one's own worth
  • Dutch: zelfvertrouwen — confidence in one's own worth
  • Finnish: itsetunto — confidence in one's own worth
  • Finnish: itseluottamus — confidence in one's own worth
  • Finnish: itsekunnioitus — confidence in one's own worth
  • Finnish: omanarvontunto — confidence in one's own worth
  • French: amour-propre — confidence in one's own worth
  • French: estime de soi — confidence in one's own worth
  • French: estime personnelle — confidence in one's own worth
  • German: Selbstwertgefühl — confidence in one's own worth
  • German: Selbstachtung — confidence in one's own worth
  • German: Selbstwertschätzung — confidence in one's own worth
  • German: Selbstrespekt — confidence in one's own worth
  • Greek: αυτοεκτίμηση (aftoektímisi) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Hindi: आत्मगौरव (ātmagaurav) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Hungarian: önbecsülés — confidence in one's own worth
  • Irish: féinmheas — confidence in one's own worth
  • Italian: autostima — confidence in one's own worth
  • Italian: compiacimento — confidence in one's own worth
  • Japanese: 自尊 (jison) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Japanese: 自尊心 (jisonshin) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Macedonian: самодоверба (samodoverba) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Māori: kiritau — confidence in one's own worth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selvfølelse — confidence in one's own worth
  • Persian: عزت نفس ('ezzat-e nafs) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Polish: poczucie własnej wartości — confidence in one's own worth
  • Portuguese: autoestima — confidence in one's own worth
  • Portuguese: amor-próprio — confidence in one's own worth
  • Romanian: stimă de sine — confidence in one's own worth
  • Romanian: autostimă — confidence in one's own worth
  • Russian: самоуваже́ние (samouvažénije) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Russian: чу́вство со́бственного досто́инства (čúvstvo sóbstvennovo dostóinstva) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Russian: самолю́бие (samoljúbije) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Russian: самооце́нка (samoocénka) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Serbo-Croatian: samopouzdanje — confidence in one's own worth
  • Spanish: autoestima — confidence in one's own worth
  • Swedish: självkänsla — confidence in one's own worth
  • Tamil: தற்பெருமை (taṟperumai) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Turkish: haysiyet — confidence in one's own worth
  • Turkish: izzetinefis — confidence in one's own worth
  • Turkish: öz saygı — confidence in one's own worth
  • Ukrainian: самопова́га (samopováha) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Ukrainian: самолю́бство (samoljúbstvo) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Ukrainian: самооці́нка (samoocínka) — confidence in one's own worth
  • Welsh: hunan-barch — confidence in one's own worth
  • Welsh: hunan-dyb — confidence in one's own worth
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