Synonyms of amour propre

amour propre

noun

ˌa-ˌmu̇r-ˈprōprᵊ 

as in vanity

an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vanity
• ego
• pridefulness
• pride
• vaingloriousness
• arrogance
• swelled head
• complacency
• vainglory
• self-assumption
• smugness
• vainness
• confidence
• conceitedness
• self-satisfaction
• superiority
• egotism
• self-love
• bighead
• self-conceit
• pompousness
• complacence
• swellheadedness
• pomposity
• disdainfulness
• assurance
• conceit
• self-importance
• self-opinion
• self-admiration
• self-glory
• self-congratulation
• self-esteem
• self-confidence
• self-assurance
• superciliousness
• snobbishness
• imperiousness
• haughtiness
• selfishness
• hubris
• self-righteousness
• overconfidence
• lordliness
• presumption
• self-assertion
• egoism
• self-respect
• pretense
• pretension
• self-pride
• pretentiousness
• self-centeredness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humility
• modesty
• diffidence
• humbleness
• altruism
• unselfishness
• timidity
• shyness
• bashfulness
• self-doubt
• self-disgust
• self-loathing
• passivity
• demureness
• self-hate
• passiveness
• timidness

Example Sentences

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

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