自じ尊そん心しん

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Meanings

Refers to a person's sense of their own worth or dignity. Can be used positively (healthy self-esteem) or negatively (excessive pride, conceit).

自じ尊そん心しんが高たかいto have high self-esteem
彼かれは自じ尊そん心しんが高たかく、簡かん単たんには人ひとに頭あたまを下さげない。
He has high self-esteem and doesn't easily bow his head to others.
〈人ひと〉の自じ尊そん心しんを傷きずつけるto hurt someone's pride
その一ひと言ことが彼かの女じょの自じ尊そん心しんを傷きずつけた。
That one remark hurt her pride.
自じ尊そん心しんが傷きずつくone's pride gets hurt
失しっ敗ぱいを笑わらわれて自じ尊そん心しんが傷きずついた。
My pride was hurt when they laughed at my failure.
〈人ひと〉の自じ尊そん心しんをくすぐるto flatter someone's pride
上じょう司しは部ぶ下かの自じ尊そん心しんをくすぐるのがうまい。
The boss is good at flattering his subordinates' pride.
強つよい自じ尊そん心しんstrong sense of pride
彼かの女じょは強つよい自じ尊そん心しんを持もっていて、決けっして謝あやまらない。
She has such strong pride that she never apologizes.

プライドN2
プライド is a loanword used more casually for personal pride or dignity, while 自尊心 is the formal, psychological term for self-esteem.
誇ほこりN3
誇り expresses positive pride in an achievement or honor, whereas 自尊心 covers the broader sense of self-worth and can also imply excessive conceit.
自じ己こ肯こう定てい感かん
自己肯定感 is the modern psychology term for a positive sense of one's own value, while 自尊心 is the older, more general word for self-esteem or pride.
自じ負ふ
自負 refers to confident pride in one's own ability or achievements, while 自尊心 is the broader sense of personal dignity and self-worth.

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自じ尊そん
自尊心 is the everyday compound for 'self-esteem/pride', while 自尊 alone is a more formal, literary noun with the same core meaning.
自じ信しんN3
自尊心 refers to a broader sense of self-respect and dignity, while 自信 is more specifically confidence in one's abilities or judgment.
虚きょ栄えい心しんN1
自尊心 is healthy self-respect or pride, whereas 虚栄心 implies an empty, excessive pride aimed at impressing others.

劣れっ等とう感かんN1
劣等感 is a feeling of inferiority, the opposite of the sense of self-worth expressed by 自尊心.

虚きょ栄えい心しんN1
虚栄心 is vanity, a desire to appear better than one is, while 自尊心 is genuine self-respect, though both can shade into excessive pride.

Sino-Japanese compound: 自 (self) + 尊 (respect, value) + 心 (heart, mind).