self-respect

English

Etymology

self- +‎ respect

Noun

self-respect (uncountable)

1. The knowledge of one's own worth, valuing one's self; pride.

   If you have no self-respect you can't respect others, because what value would you offer someone by giving the respect of one who is as lowly as you view yourself?

Translations

knowledge of one's own worth

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: ինքնասիրություն (hy) (inkʿnasirutʿyun), արժանապատվություն (hy) (aržanapatvutʿyun), թասիբ (hy) (tʿasib)
• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: sebeúcta (cs) f
• Danish: selvrespekt c
• Dutch: zelfrespect (nl) n
• Esperanto: memrespekto
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: itsekunnioitus (fi)
• French: respect de soi m, dignité personnelle f
• German: Selbstachtung (de) f
• Greek: αυτοσεβασμός (el) m (aftosevasmós)
• Ido: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: féinmheas m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 自尊 (ja) (じそん, jison), 自尊心 (ja) (じそんしん, jisonshin)
• Khmer: ការគោរពរាប់អានខ្លួនឯង (kaa kourup roap aan kluən ae ngɔɔ)

• Korean: 자존심 (ko) (jajonsim)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: pašcieņa f
• Lithuanian: savigarba f
• Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: arrym er hene m
• Navajo: ádiłjídlį́, ádił ídlį́
• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: orgulho (pt) m, vergonha na cara f
• Russian: чу́вство со́бственного досто́инства (ru) n (čúvstvo sóbstvennovo dostóinstva), самоуваже́ние (ru) n (samouvažénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: fèin-urram m
• Serbo-Croatian: samopoštovanje (sh)
• Spanish: autorespeto m
• Swedish: självaktning c
• Vietnamese: lòng tự trọng (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

See also

• dignity
• self-esteem
• self-worth