self-esteem

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

self-esteem
    n 1: a feeling of pride in yourself [syn: {self-esteem}, {self-
         pride}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Self-esteem \Self`-es*teem"\, n.
   The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

SELF-ESTEEM, n.  An erroneous appraisement.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

89 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-esteem":
      acquisitiveness, amour propre, amour-propre, arrogance, autism,
      autoeroticism, boastfulness, careerism, clear, complacency,
      conceit, consequentiality, ego trip, egoism, egotism, face,
      graspingness, greed, haughtiness, independence, individualism,
      interest, manifest, narcism, narcissism, obvious, overproudness,
      overweening pride, pardonable pride, personal aims,
      personal ambition, personal desires, personalism, plain,
      possessiveness, pride, pridefulness, prima facie, privatism,
      proudness, purse-pride, remoteness, self-absorption,
      self-admiration, self-advancement, self-approbation,
      self-centeredness, self-complacency, self-confidence,
      self-congratulation, self-consequence, self-consideration,
      self-containment, self-content, self-delight, self-devotion,
      self-endearment, self-evident, self-glorification,
      self-gratulation, self-importance, self-indulgence,
      self-infatuation, self-interest, self-interestedness,
      self-jealousy, self-love, self-occupation, self-pleasing,
      self-regard, self-reliance, self-respect, self-satisfaction,
      self-seeking, self-serving, self-solicitude, self-sufficiency,
      self-worship, selfishness, selfism, smugness, stiff-necked pride,
      stiff-neckedness, unmistakable, unquestionable, vaingloriousness,
      vainglory, vainness, vanity

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