Your self-esteem is how you feel about yourself. For example, if you have low self-esteem, you do not like yourself, you do not think that you are a valuable person, and therefore you do not behave confidently.
Poor self-esteem is at the centre of many of the difficulties we experience.
Synonyms: self-respect, confidence, self-confidence, courage More Synonyms of self-esteem
self-esteem in British English
noun
1.
respect for or a favourable opinion of oneself
2.
an unduly high opinion of oneself; vanity
self-esteem in American English
(ˈsɛlfɛˈstim)
noun
1.
belief in oneself; self-respect
2.
undue pride in oneself; conceit
SIMILAR WORDS: pride
Examples of 'self-esteem' in a sentence
self-esteem
Not feeling good enough has caused poor self-esteem.
The Sun (2013)
You sound like you need to build up your confidence and self-esteem.
The Sun (2010)
Try to focus on his strengths to help raise his self-esteem.
The Sun (2013)
Their costly purchases are to boost self-esteem.
The Sun (2011)
Having high self-esteem is a huge plus in my eyes.
The Sun (2015)
They should help address your issues of low self-esteem.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Truly changing our approach toward something so closely tied to self-esteem takes time.
Christianity Today (2000)
You also say that she has no self-esteem or confidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They will raise their own self-esteem and morale by doing something useful during their sentences.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The self-esteem boosting suggestions below may be helpful.
Colette Harris, With Theresa Cheung PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycysticovary syndrome (2002)
And people with higher self-esteem tend to like their bodies more.
The Sun (2013)
Men who batter women generally do so because they suffer from low self-esteem.
Butterworth, Jane Why Am I Afraid to Divorce? (1994)
A person lacking in self-esteem can be driven to the edge by just a clipped letter from a bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
These could all feed through to a person 's self-esteem.
Claudia Hammond EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings (2005)
All her daughters also claim mental illness, although only one seems to suffer from anything more serious than poor self-esteem.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
self-esteem
British English: self-esteem NOUN
Your self-esteem is how you feel about yourself.
Poor self-esteem is at the centre of many of the difficulties we experience in our relationships.
American English: self-esteem
Brazilian Portuguese: amor próprio
Chinese: 自尊
European Spanish: autoestima
French: amour-propre
German: Selbstachtung
Italian: amor proprio
Japanese: 自尊心
Korean: 자부심
European Portuguese: autoestima
Latin American Spanish: autoestima
Chinese translation of 'self-esteem'
self-esteem
(sɛlfɪsˈtiːm)
n(u)
自尊心 (zìzūnxīn)
to have low/high self-esteem自尊心差/强(強) (zìzūnxīn chà/qiáng)