Self-loving
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Self-loving is an adjective meaning Exhibiting or exemplary of self-love.
Meaning
Exhibiting or exemplary of self-love.
Example Sentences
[…] creating environments where people can grow into strong people — emerging from whatever personal struggle they've had and come to terms with their sexual identity as strong self-loving people and enter into healthy relationships and be happy.
That is a very pleasant line, the one that we have italicized; […] Why did he [Ben Jonson] not write more such? He might answer that he did, and that his poetry was full of enjoyment. But it is not; at least not in the entirely happy, familiar, unmisgiving, self-referential, and yet not self-loving sense that we speak of.
Synonyms for self-loving
Depending on context, synonyms include narcissistic, egotistical, selfish.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include egotistical, narcissistic, selfish, self indulgent, self indulgence, lovingness.
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