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self-love

[self-luhv] / ˈsɛlfˈlʌv /
NOUN
egotism
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Self-love, certainly, but all the other kinds as well.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

"Self-love is never selfish," she captioned the snapshot.

From Fox News • Aug. 27, 2020

Self-love and romantic love aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive – and women who are open about their romantic aspirations shouldn’t need to be coy.

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020

Self-love is an ending, she said, and not a beginning.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2010

Self-love is the mainspring and motive of every thing we do, or say, or feel, or think—that is the total result of the “Maxims” of La Rochefoucauld.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver




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