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self-regard

self-regard noun: regard for or consideration of oneself or one's own interests.

Noun

self-regard (countable and uncountable, plural self-regards)

  1. regard for or consideration of oneself or one's own interests
    • It expresses the influence exercised by the self-regard of one man upon the self-regard of another. It arises from the right to pursue a man's own interest, subject only to the limitation of not obstructing his neighbor's corresponding right.1864, William Edward Hearn, Plutology: Or, The Theory of the Efforts to Satisfy Human Wants, MacMillan and Co., page 334

self-regard meaning in Tamil

self-regard in Tamil

தற்கருத்து தன்னல மதிப்பு, தன்னலமே பேணும் பாங்கு

Forms of self-regard

pluralself-regards

Origin of self-regard

From self- + regard.

Questions about self-regard

What does self-regard mean?
Self-regard means regard for or consideration of oneself or one's own interests.
What is self-regard in Tamil?
Self-regard in Tamil is தற்கருத்து தன்னல மதிப்பு, தன்னலமே பேணும் பாங்கு. See Self-regard meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-regard?
Self-regard is a noun.
What is the plural of self-regard?
The plural of self-regard is self-regards.

Words near self-regard in the dictionary

  1. self-refutations
  2. self-refute
  3. self-refuted
  4. self-refutes
  5. self-refuting
  6. self-regard
  7. self-regarding
  8. self-regards
  9. self-regenerating
  10. self-regeneration
  11. self-registering

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-regard (page history and authors); self-regard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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