as in vanity
an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements
nurtured a self-love that was far greater than any affection she ever felt for another person
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Recent Examples of self-love
The lyrics aren’t much better, recycling various cliches about self-love.
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Barry Levitt, Vulture, 12 May 2025
In the second book, This Is Us, there's so much about self-love, which is unusual in a romance novel.
—Monique Wilson, Glamour, 11 May 2025
Start with small steps: reconnect with friends, strengthen family bonds and nurture self-love.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The older vocabulary of life-defining commitments and meaning-making projects continued to wither while a new lexicon took hold: self-acceptance, self-esteem, self-love.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Barry Levitt, Vulture, 12 May 2025
In the second book, This Is Us, there's so much about self-love, which is unusual in a romance novel.
—Monique Wilson, Glamour, 11 May 2025
Start with small steps: reconnect with friends, strengthen family bonds and nurture self-love.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The older vocabulary of life-defining commitments and meaning-making projects continued to wither while a new lexicon took hold: self-acceptance, self-esteem, self-love.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-love
Noun
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Fueled by new data and shifting cultural values, injectables are being redefined—not as vanity, but as a personalized pathway to confidence, wellness, and long-term care.—
Corein Carter,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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In a hot pink colorway, the clutch will become your vanity’s newest conversation piece.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
Noun
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My coat and my ego were a bit tarnished as my husband rushed to help me up.—
James Barron,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Also, any shred of ego one has left after a lifetime of motherhood and being a caregiver/support person will get completely zeroed out while milling around a bunch of athletes.—
Denise Snodell,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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My unmatched winless record is a point of enormous pride.—
Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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From faculty and alumni to area businesses, the expressions of pride in Harvard’s stance for academic freedom are effusive.—
Jacob Posner,
Christian Science Monitor,
22 May 2025
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“Self-love.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-love. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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