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self-content

[self-kuhn-tent, self-] / ˈsɛlf kənˈtɛnt, ˌsɛlf- /
NOUN
self-esteem
Synonyms
STRONGEST
confidence dignity morale self-respect
STRONG
conceit egotism narcissism self-assurance self-regard self-satisfaction vanity worth
WEAK
amour propre
Antonyms
STRONG
humility meekness modesty
WEAK
self-deprecation
NOUN
self-respect/self-esteem
Synonyms
WEAK
amour-propre conceit confidence dignity egotism faith in oneself morale narcissism self-assurance self-regard self-satisfaction vanity worth
Antonyms
WEAK
self-doubt uncertainty

Example Sentences

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Cricket is linked with the Golden Age of English power and self-content, the idyll that supposedly existed before the First World War.

From Newsweek

Meantime, Van Vernet, in a state of exceeding self-content, was perfecting his latest plan.

From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.

She paused and bridled as she surveyed the attentive company, her manner full of self-content.

From Making People Happy by Fisher, Harrison

He had hoped to provoke from the plaisant some further expression of self-content in his plans for the future, but the other had become guarded.

From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart

I was really angry with O'Brien by that time, with his air of omniscience, superiority, and self-content, as if he were talking to a child or someone very credulous and weak-minded.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph