noun
Meaning 1
Regard for oneself; love of oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
self-love
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noun
Meaning 2
Excessive pride or vanity, overvaluing the self.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Masturbation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- self-love that shut out everyone else
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: narcism, narcissism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conceit, conceitedness, vanity
noun
Meaning 5
feelings of excessive pride
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amour propre, conceit, vanity
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 love English self-love From self- + love.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 自戀 /自恋 (zìliàn) — regard for oneself
- Czech: sebeláska — regard for oneself
- Esperanto: memamo — regard for oneself
- Esperanto: sinamo — regard for oneself
- Finnish: itserakkaus — regard for oneself
- French: amour-propre — regard for oneself
- Georgian: თვითსიყვარული (tvitsiq̇varuli) — regard for oneself
- German: Selbstliebe — regard for oneself
- Greek: αυταγάπη (aftagápi) — regard for oneself
- Ancient Greek: φιλαυτία (philautía) — regard for oneself
- Hindi: आत्ममोह (ātmamoh) — regard for oneself
- Hindi: आत्मरति (ātmarti) — regard for oneself
- Irish: féinghrá — regard for oneself
- Italian: amor proprio — regard for oneself
- Japanese: 自愛 (jiai) — regard for oneself
- Korean: 자애 (jaae) — regard for oneself
- Latin: amor prōprius — regard for oneself
- Lithuanian: savi̇̀meilė — regard for oneself
- Malay: swacinta — regard for oneself
- Portuguese: amor próprio — regard for oneself
- Romanian: amor propriu — regard for oneself
- Russian: себялю́бие (sebjaljúbije) — regard for oneself
- Serbo-Croatian: са̏мољӯбље — regard for oneself
- Serbo-Croatian: sȁmoljūblje — regard for oneself
- Spanish: amor propio — regard for oneself