self-love

See also: selflove

English

Etymology

self- +‎ love

Noun

self-love (uncountable)

1. Regard for oneself; love of oneself.
2. Excessive pride or vanity, overvaluing the self.
3. (euphemistic) Masturbation.
   • 2004, Diana Richardson, Tantric Orgasm for Women, Page 195

     On the question of masturbation, or self-love, once again the tantric principle applies

Translations

regard for oneself

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自戀／自恋 (zh) (zìliàn), 自恋 (zh) (zìliàn)

• Czech: sebeláska f
• Esperanto: memamo, sinamo
• Finnish: itserakkaus
• French: amour-propre (fr) m
• German: Selbstliebe (de) f
• Greek: αυταγάπη (in the modern sense) f (aftagápi (in the modern sense))

  Ancient: φιλαυτία f (philautía)

• Irish: féinghrá m
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• Italian: amor proprio (it) m
• Japanese: 自愛 (ja) (じあい, jiai)
• Latin: amor prōprius m
• Lithuanian: savìmeilė f
• Malay: swacinta (ms)
• Portuguese: amor próprio m
• Romanian: amor propriu (ro) n
• Russian: себялю́бие (ru) n (sebjaljúbije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: са̏мољӯбље n

  Roman: sȁmoljūblje (sh) n

• Spanish: amor propio m

See also

• narcissism