personal dignity
One's inherent value
Personal dignity is the sense of self-worth and respect a person holds for themselves and expects from others.
It encompasses being treated as worthy of consideration rather than as an object or means to an end.
Violations of personal dignity—humiliation, degradation, dehumanization—are felt as attacks on one's core self: The interrogation techniques were designed to strip prisoners of their personal dignity.
The concept underlies human rights frameworks and medical ethics, where preserving a patient's personal dignity during vulnerable moments is a professional obligation.
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- self-worthInternal sense of value
- respectRegard with honor
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- freedomAbsence of constraint
treated with respect · grace · courtesy · self-regard · choice · integrity · moral compass · conscience · authenticity · inviolability · self-acceptance · inner strength · honor · pride · civility · sovereignty · confidence · standing tall
- self-worthself-esteem, self-worth, self-respect, self-love, self-acceptance
personal dignityself-abasement
Deliberately diminishing oneself
debasement · indignity · self-loathing · shame · worthlessness
personal dignityhumiliation
Loss of dignity
degradation · dehumanization · disrespect · indignity · objectification
personal dignitygroveling
Demeaning self-abasement before another
servility · obsequiousness · self-abasement · shamelessness · baseness
personal, person, persons, personhood, personage, personify, personification, personified, personally