单词 | self-worth |
释义 | self-worthn. Originally: the fact of having value as an individual (or, in earliest use, as an object); intrinsic worth or value. Later chiefly: confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-esteem. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] worthOE worthfulnessOE price?c1225 savour?c1225 aughtshipc1275 dearworthinessc1325 worthiness1372 preciousnessc1390 richesa1400 preciosity1402 valeur1433 valurec1440 preciousheadc1450 vail1471 paragea1475 valour?a1475 availa1522 vailance1532 validity1593 carat1600 condignity1605 valiant1606 esteeming1609 self-worth1610 telling1636 valuableness?1649 worthship1664 treasurableness1898 the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > [noun] conceit1548 self-estimation1574 self-conceit1576 self-worth1610 self-esteem1619 amour propre1775 self-estimate1817 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia sig. A2v With the Touch-stone of refined knowledge detrud & banish all Deseignes, disfurnisht of true & due self-worth, from the Confines of high Repute. 1651 H. Delaune Πατρικον δωρον sig. G2 Not to have too good, nor yet too mean an opinion of self-worth. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists iii. ii. 230 Self-valuation supposes Self-worth. 1758 R. Price Rev. Princ. Questions & Diffic. Morals vi. 218 The very notion of intrinsick excellence, self-worth and different degrees of objective perfection and imperfection, implies an impossibility and contradiction. 1815 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 22 July That stubborn spirit which makes the labourer refuse to call his employer master; hence that consciousness of self-worth which makes meanness and crimes so rare. 1859 Oberlin Students' Monthly July 346/1 People never like intentional display of self-worth. 1919 J. E. Downey Graphol. & Psychol. Handwriting vii. 115 This group as a whole contains more individuals who are characterized as possessing a strong feeling of self-worth than those cited as excessively modest. 1944 Horizon Feb. 104 The feeling of self-worth experienced by contented individualists. 2013 Psychologies (U.K. ed.) May 25/1 If constantly pleasing others is making you unhappy, it's time to increase your self-worth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610 |
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