Definition of self-worth
: a sense of one's own value as a human being : self-esteem
feelings of self-worth a lack of self-worth helping to build/develop self-worth people with low/greater/higher self-worth Too often, college students base their self-worth solely on their GPA.— Marcia Morris … jobs that gave them not only wages and health care and pensions but also a context, a sense of self-worth, a kind of identity.— Lance Morrow … a five-minute film that touches on themes of building inner strength and developing a strong sense of self-worth.— Natalie Proulx
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The first known use of self-worth was in 1815
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