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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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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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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

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big-headedness ego trip self-admiration showing off

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STRONGEST

humility

STRONG

hiding truth

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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

He was too much absorbed by his "self-study, self-wonder, and self-worship," as one of his critics styles his egotism, to be clear-sighted.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various

Then, Drexley, all your damnable warnings, all that I had ever heard of—her vanity, her heartlessness, her self-worship, came like madness into my brain.

From The Survivor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

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