self-loving
self-loving adjective: exhibiting or exemplary of self-love.
Adjective
self-loving (comparative more self-loving, superlative most self-loving)
- Exhibiting or exemplary of self-love.
- That is a very pleasant line, the one that we have italicized; […] Why did he [Ben Jonson] not write more such? He might answer that he did, and that his poetry was full of enjoyment. But it is not; at least not in the entirely happy, familiar, unmisgiving, self-referential, and yet not self-loving...1854 March 15, Leigh Hunt, “On Poems of Joyous Impulse. A Sequel to the ‘Effusion on Cream,’ Intended as much for Musical, as for Literary Consideration”, in The Musical Times and Singing Class...
- […] creating environments where people can grow into strong people — emerging from whatever personal struggle they've had and come to terms with their sexual identity as strong self-loving people and enter into healthy relationships and be happy.1987 May 9, Gordon Gottlieb, Richard Burns, Sue Hyde, “Homocrats and Liberationists: Burns and Hyde Consider the Community's Institutions”, in Gay Community News, page 8
Forms of self-loving
| comparative | more self-loving |
|---|---|
| superlative | most self-loving |
Origin of self-loving
From self- + loving.
Questions about self-loving
- What does self-loving mean?
- Self-loving means exhibiting or exemplary of self-love.
- What part of speech is self-loving?
- Self-loving is an adjective.
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