单词 | self-liking |
释义 | self-likingn. In early use chiefly depreciative: self-regard, esp. that considered excessive or arrogant; conceit. Later also with positive connotations: good opinion of oneself; due regard for one's own worth or abilities. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun] idleshipa1250 vanitya1340 self-love1539 self-liking1549 conceit1563 vainness1567 self-pridea1586 self-delight1591 self-admiration1609 self-respect1609 self-lovingnessa1628 self-idolatry1643 self-idolizing1643 selfism1731 coxcombry1745 coxcombliness1765 coxcombicality1766 coxcombery1774 narcissism1822 narcism1938 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Livv These Doctours..beyng so propped vp with theyr owne Arrogance and Selflikyng [L. Philautia]. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 28 So full of wilfulnes and selfeliking is our nature. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 177 So over-gulled with self-liking, that they are more then giddy in admiring themselves. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 191 It is not amisse there should be perceived some kinde of selfe-liking & hardnesse in the works of excellent Artificers. 1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. 134 The Reasons why this Self-liking, give me Leave to call it so, is not plainly to be seen in all Animals that are of the same Degree of Perfection, are many. a1755 R. Warneford Serm. Var. Subj. (1757) I. xvi. 207 Nothing increases Self-liking and personal Value, like the Consciousness of superior Understanding and Parts. 1881 Quiver 16 727/2 What, now, is the best remedy for this ‘self-liking’, so far as it is in excess of what is lawful and right? 1902 Q. Rev. Apr. 376 He has narrowed the whole conception of love to that sensual passion which is based on self-liking and manifested in jealousy. 1954 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 2 Nov. 10/3 Nothing is more important..than helping children build feelings of personal adequacy and self-liking. 2006 F. Rhodewalt in M. H. Kernis Self-Esteem xxxvii. 281 High self-esteem indicates positive feelings of self-worth, self-liking, and acceptance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). self-likingadj. In early use depreciative: †full of excessive self-regard; conceited; arrogant (obsolete). In later use with positive connotations: having a good opinion of oneself; having due regard for one's own worth or abilities. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [adjective] self-liking1580 self-loved1590 self-admiring1592 self-loving1593 self-liked1599 glass-gazing1608 coxcombly1610 self-admired1621 coxcombical1649 self-idolizing1649 vain1692 flashy1693 vaunty1724 coxcombic1730 self-idolized1766 narcissine1805 foofaraw1848 vanitous1900 narcissistic1915 narcistic1918 dicty1920 narcissist1934 1580 T. Cooper Certaine Serm. 11 These prowde and selfeliking Pharisies. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ff5v Spatious Roomes such as the selfe-liking men, haue..founde out the most easefull. 1630 H. Mason Contentm. Gods Gifts 119 Let not..idle conceits of your owne worth, or selfe-liking comparisons about trifles, hinder your mutuall accord in Gods service. 1875 Indianapolis Jrnl. 8 Feb. 1/3 They are essentially a self-liking, self-opinionated people. 1978 Single Parent Jan.–Feb. 7/1 Become a winner. A loser is not a self-liking person...You cannot be a winner if you dislike yourself. 2008 G. Robinson Confronting Power & Sex in Catholic Church i. 30 The self-hating person feels an emptiness within and must fill this void by constantly thinking about self, while the self-liking person can forget self and go out and help others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549adj.1580 |
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