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Recent Examples of amour propre But Edna soon became a case study in exorbitant amour propre, lampooning suburban pretensions, political correctness and the cult of celebrity, and acquiring a damehood along the way. Margalit Fox, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023 White is Smart Lite without the emotional volatility and ever-present amour propre. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022 But Britain, its amour propre stung at losing such a treasure, halted its export and raised money to keep it in the country. Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022 As Joe Biden has frankly noted, Mrs. Biden sought the Dr. honorific to rebuild her amour propre. Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 Dec. 2020 Underneath its gleaming promise of public scholarship, Wikipedia is a community that teems with its own authorities and cognoscenti, with all the high-handedness, Byzantine bylaws, and amour propre of any cultural institution on 5th Avenue. Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 2 Nov. 2020 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, 1 Sep. 2017 There is no such thing as private satisfaction of amour propre. David Lay Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2017 Concessions at this stage would damage national amour propre to an unacceptable degree. Patrick N. Theros, Time, 26 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amour propre
Noun
  • The promo references the famous —or, sometimes, infamous — farewells that contestants leave, penned in lipstick, on the vanity mirrors where queens do their makeup.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
  • Place a container near your vanity to hold earrings, rings, hairpins, and coins.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, underneath that public bravado there is some truth in the fact that Britain has also characterized the visit that way, with the specific intention of appealing to Trump's ego in the hope of securing a better trade deal.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This question opens up powerful lessons on letting go of control, ego, needing to be right or doing it all alone.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As if back in character, Colfer sported a massive smile, while O'Malley pointed his finger at Colfer in pride with a poker face.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Have a few rounds of Guinness pulled with pride, maybe a scotch sour.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mitchell prides himself on being a no-nonsense, no-bulls*** kind of man, but his attitude can sometimes come across as arrogance.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This arrogance is not just limited to tech titans.
    Christian Josi, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Amour propre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amour%20propre. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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