amour propre

noun amour pro·pre \ ˌa-ˌmu̇r-ˈprōprᵊ , ˌä- , -ˈprȯprᵊ \

Examples: amour propre in a Sentence

Definition of amour propre

: self-esteem

Examples of amour propre in a Sentence

if amour propre is a virtue, then this actress's memoirs are among the greatest declarations of love ever written

Recent Examples of amour propre from the Web

Fundamental to Chinese amour propre is the belief that the language is too difficult for foreigners, who will never master its complete set of characters.

— peter neville-hadley, WSJ, "A Most Implausible Machine," 1 Sep. 2017

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