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self-love

noun

Etymology

From self- + love.

  1. inherited from *lubōn✻ — “to love”
  2. inherited from lufian — “to love”
  3. inherited from loven
  4. derived from *lewbʰ-✻ — “love, care, desire”
  5. inherited from *lubō✻
  6. inherited from *lubu✻
  7. inherited from lufu
  8. inherited from love
  9. prefixed as self-love — “self- + love”

Definitions

  1. Regard for oneself

    Regard for oneself; love of oneself.

    • Lizzo, who is known for messages of self-love and wider acceptance, has recently said as much as she shared that she is encouraging a stance of body neutrality for herself and others.

  2. Excessive pride or vanity, overvaluing the self.

  3. Masturbation.

    • On the question of masturbation, or self-love, once again the tantric principle applies

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for self-love. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA