amour propre

Self-worth. If you're too critical of Sophie, I worry that you'll damage her amour propre.

(formal)

the good feelings and respect you have for yourself The critics' negative reaction to his first novel wounded his amour propre.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ildefonso	-	Spanish
Byung-Ho	byung-ho	Korean
Padmavati	-	Hinduism
RuaidrÍ	-	Irish
Ariadna	ah-RYAHD-nah (Spanish, Polish)	Spanish, Catalan, Russian, Polish
Louise	[lu:'i:z]