self esteem
How you value yourself
Self esteem is the regard you have for yourself—your sense of your own worth and abilities.
High self esteem means confidence in your value as a person; low self esteem means doubting yourself or feeling inadequate.
Her self esteem suffered after the rejection.
The term appears constantly in psychology and self-help contexts, sometimes criticized as overemphasized in modern parenting.
Also written self-esteem.
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- worthDegree of importance
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- dignityInnate personal worth
- positive affirmationsEncouraging statements to oneself
impostor syndrome · validation · approval · inner child · mirror · ego · body image · doubt · acceptance · comparison · achievement · praise · criticism · worthy · belonging · rejection · courage · assertive
- self-helpadvice, personal development, personal growth, life coaches, life coaching
self esteemself-loathing
Intense disgust toward oneself
self-hatred · low self-esteem · self-contempt · inferiority complex · self-rejection
self esteemself-disgust
Revulsion toward oneself
self-abasement · self-condemnation · self-rejection · self-flagellation · self-punishment
self esteeminsecurity
Uncertainty about oneself
self-doubt · diffidence · timidity · self-consciousness · uncertainty
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