self-esteem

English

Etymology

self- +‎ esteem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛlf.ə.ˈstiːm/

Noun

self-esteem (usually uncountable, plural self-esteems)

1. Confidence in one's own worth; self-respect.
   • 2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, →ISBN, pages 191-192:

     People with high self-esteem think they're more popular, charming, and socially skilled than other people, but objective studies find no difference.

Translations

confidence in one's own worth

• Armenian: ինքնագնահատական (hy) (inkʻnagnahatakan)
• Catalan: autoestima (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自尊 (zh) (zìzūn), 自尊心 (zh) (zìzūnxīn)

• Czech: sebeúcta (cs) f, hrdost f
• Danish: selvværd
• Dutch: zelfvertrouwen (nl) n
• Finnish: itsetunto (fi), itseluottamus (fi), itsekunnioitus (fi), omanarvontunto (fi)
• French: amour-propre (fr), estime de soi
• German: Selbstwertgefühl (de) n, Selbstachtung (de) f
• Hungarian: önbecsülés (hu)
• Irish: féinmheas m
• Italian: autostima (it), compiacimento (it) m
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• Japanese: 自尊 (ja) (じそん, jison), 自尊心 (ja) (じそんしん, jisonshin)
• Macedonian: самодоверба (samodoverba)
• Maori: kiritau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvfølelse m

• Persian: عزت نفس ('ezzat-e nafs)
• Polish: samoocena (pl) f
• Portuguese: autoestima (pt) f
• Russian: самооце́нка (ru) f (samoocénka), самоуваже́ние (ru) n (samouvažénije), чу́вство со́бственного досто́инства (ru) n (čúvstvo sóbstvennovo dostóinstva), самолю́бие (ru) n (samoljúbije)
• Spanish: autoestima (es)
• Swedish: självkänsla (sv)
• Tamil: தற்பெருமை (ta) (taṟperumai)