Meanings
plural self-regards
- countableuncountableregard for or consideration of oneself or one's own interests
It expresses the influence exercised by the self-regard of one man upon the self-regard of another. It arises from the right to pursue a man's own interest, subject only to the limitation of not obstructing his neighbor's corresponding right.
1864, William Edward Hearn, Plutology: Or, The Theory of the Efforts to Satisfy Human Wants, MacMillan and Co., page 334
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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