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n. - The quality of being worthy of respect; A feeling of pride in one's own person.

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  • Anyone who’s self-esteem is so bloated as to blind him/her from his/her faults does not have a ’self-esteem problem’.
  • But I had gone too far, had thrown far too much of what I laughingly referred to as my self-esteem into the bargain.
  • Small wonder that national self-esteem has suffered.
  • What's a boy in need of unfettered self-esteem to do?
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