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From self- esteem
self- esteem usually uncountable , plural self-esteems
Confidence in one's own worth; self-respect .
2004 George Carlin , “EUPHEMISMS: What Do You Do for a Living?”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? [1] New York : Hyperion Books , →ISBN →OCLC →OL page 90 :American companies now put a great deal of effort into boosting their employees' self-esteem by handing out inflated job titles. Most likely, they think it also helps compensate for the longer hours, unpaid overtime and stagnant wages that have become standard. It doesn't.
2011 Willpower , →ISBN 191–192 :People with high self-esteem think they're more popular, charming, and socially skilled than other people, but objective studies find no difference.
confidence in one's own worth
Armenian: ինքնագնահատական (hy) ( inkʻnagnahatakan )
Bulgarian: самоуваже́ние (bg) n ( samouvažénie ) , самомнение n ( samomnenie )
Catalan: autoestima (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自尊 (zh) ( zìzūn ) , 自尊心 (zh) ( zìzūnxīn )
Czech: sebeúcta (cs) f hrdost f
Danish: selvværd
Dutch: eigenwaarde (nl) f gevoel van eigenwaarde n zelfrespect (nl) n zelfvertrouwen (nl) n
Finnish: itsetunto (fi) , itseluottamus (fi) , itsekunnioitus (fi) , omanarvontunto (fi)
French: amour-propre (fr) , estime de soi (fr) , estime personnelle f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Selbstwertgefühl (de) n Selbstachtung (de) f Selbstwertschätzung f Selbstrespekt m
Greek: αυτοεκτίμηση (el) f ( aftoektímisi )
Hungarian: önbecsülés (hu)
Irish: féinmheas m
Italian: autostima (it) f compiacimento (it) m
Japanese: 自尊 (ja) ( じそん, jison ) , 自尊心 (ja) ( じそんしん, jisonshin )
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latin: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: самодоверба ( samodoverba )
Maori: kiritau
Norwegian:
Bokmål: selvfølelse m
Persian: عزت نفس ( 'ezzat-e nafs )
Polish: poczucie własnej wartości n
Portuguese: autoestima (pt) f amor-próprio (pt) m
Romanian: stimă de sine f autostimă f
Russian: самоуваже́ние (ru) n ( samouvažénije ) , чу́вство со́бственного досто́инства (ru) n ( čúvstvo sóbstvennovo dostóinstva ) , самолю́бие (ru) n ( samoljúbije ) , самооце́нка (ru) f ( samoocénka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: samopouzdanje (sh) n
Slovene: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: autoestima (es)
Swedish: självkänsla (sv)
Tamil: தற்பெருமை (ta) ( taṟperumai )
Turkish: haysiyet (tr) , izzetinefis (tr) , öz saygı (tr)
Ukrainian: самопова́га f ( samopováha ) , самолю́бство n ( samoljúbstvo ) , самооці́нка f ( samoocínka )
Welsh: ( as a positive quality ) hunan-barch m ( as a negative quality ) hunan-dyb m
