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self-worship

NOUN

egoism

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arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard selfishness superiority vainglory vanity

WEAK

egocentricity self-admiration swellheadedness vaunting

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humility meekness modesty shyness timidity

WEAK

altruism selflessness

NOUN

egoism/egotism

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arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentricity egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence preoccupation with self presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting

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WEAK

altruism humility selflessness

NOUN

narcissism

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arrogance self-absorption selfishness

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assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness ego egoism egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard superiority vainglory vanity

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amour-propre egocentricity self-admiration swellheadedness vainness vaunting

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humility meekness modesty shyness timidity

NOUN

self-absorption

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arrogance egotism narcissism self-confidence selfishness

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assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentrism egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-centeredness self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard superiority vainglory vanity

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egocentricity self-admiration self-involvement swellheadedness vaunting

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humility meekness modesty shyness timidity

NOUN

self-centeredness

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arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentrism egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard selfishness superiority vainglory vanity

WEAK

egocentricity self-admiration self-involvement swellheadedness vaunting

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STRONG

humility meekness modesty shyness timidity

NOUN

self-involvement

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arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentricity egocentrism egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-centeredness self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting

NOUN

selfishness

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greed self-indulgence

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self-centeredness stinginess

NOUN

vainness

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WEAK

amour-propre arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness ego egocentricity egoism egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting

NOUN

vanity

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STRONGEST

arrogance pride

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affectation airs conceitedness display narcissism ostentation pretension self-love show smugness vainglory

WEAK

big-headedness ego trip self-admiration showing off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

humility

STRONG

hiding truth

WEAK

modesty

Example Sentences

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Self-regard bordering on self-worship and a willingness to bend the truth may have been assets that helped his rise.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2016

He has the late senator’s gift for exaggeration and self-worship, and he needs the spotlight the way a vampire needs blood.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2016

James Douglas' excellent essay "Star Lords" on The Awl pegs the rise of Silicon Valley's self-worship to Star Wars fandom run amok.

From The Verge • Dec. 19, 2015

There again spoke the very enthusiasm of self-worship!

From The Missing Bride by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

Their irreversible part of self-worship precludes them, by the very laws of our being, from the highest and broadest achievement of life and destiny.

From The Ethics of George Eliot's Works by Brown, John Crombie

self-worship

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