amour-propre
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It’s hard to see how, other than in their amour-propre, since Chief Justice Hughes ruled nearly nine decades ago that Congress had no right to disregard the fiscal obligations it enacted.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023
Perhaps this is what, among other things, gives rise to what is often derided as virtue-signalling, not to mention the ferocious rows, overreactions, wounded amour-propre and grandstanding that often characterise social media communities.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019
Vanity gives “value to that which is valueless,” whereas pride, a good form of amour-propre, “consists in deriving self-esteem from truly estimable goods.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2018
It was a matter of amour-propre, but—again—also of tactics.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 17, 2016
The wounds inflicted to his amour-propre by the Virginia Assembly were healing.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard
Stripping away the amour propre of a nuclear-armed potentate is a dangerous business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
But Britain, its amour propre stung at losing such a treasure, halted its export and raised money to keep it in the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
Fiennes brings a wonderful maturity and complexity to the role: a jaggedness, a simmering amour propre, a neurotic obsessiveness, an importunate yearning.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2021
On the contrary, their amour propre requires them not to be.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2021
The saying, "Ye hae gude manners, but ye dinna bear them about wi' ye," is a very delicate way of saving the amour propre of the reproved while indicating evident shortcomings.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme
