as in pride
a feeling that you are a good person who deserves to be treated with respect
He had a healthy sense of self-worth despite the ridicule he received as a child.
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Recent Examples of self-worth
Your concern about her self-worth is an important and interesting one.
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Miriam Kirmayer, SELF, 1 Oct. 2025
In contrast to this grounding lunar energy, Juno shifts out of your sign and enters Sagittarius on October 1st, activating your value and self-worth sector, and inviting you to commit to partnerships, romantic or professional, that support your sense of abundance.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025
My self-confidence and self-worth had been destroyed.
—Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Your success may depend on working through self-worth issues.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
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Miriam Kirmayer, SELF, 1 Oct. 2025
In contrast to this grounding lunar energy, Juno shifts out of your sign and enters Sagittarius on October 1st, activating your value and self-worth sector, and inviting you to commit to partnerships, romantic or professional, that support your sense of abundance.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025
My self-confidence and self-worth had been destroyed.
—Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Your success may depend on working through self-worth issues.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-worth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-worth
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The boutique hotel is named for the beloved adjunct professor and longtime Clemson mayor, the late Larry Abernathy, channeling his passion and pride for the university and city into the guest experience.—
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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This admission seemed sad—critics are supposed to take pride in withstanding disagreement.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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This is an affront to human dignity and that’s incredibly terrifying.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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There was such a sense of dignity to the four-poster bed, such elegance.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But as Teigen pointed out, losing weight will never fix self-confidence issues.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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Through this, that creates this self-compassion, self-confidence.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Chiefs are back, just as quickly as they were dismissed, and that’s in more than ways than post-game one-liners exuding some confidence after a convincing 30-17 win against the red-hot Lions.—
Sam McDowell
October 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Showing confidence the whole night that the outcome wouldn’t really be in doubt, BSU went for it seven times on fourth down, converting six of those.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Self-worth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-worth. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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