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4. asceticism, self-deprivation, fasting; privation, hardship, affliction, trouble, burden, oppression; suffering, self-abasement, self-effacement, self-mortification; self-abuse, self-flagellation, scourging, whipping, martyrdom.
self-deprecating, adj. self-critical, overly modest, humble, unpretentious; unassertive, shrinking, retiring, backward, quiet, constrained, restrained, reserved; self-abnegating, self-abasing, self-effacing, unassuming, unpresuming; diffident, shy, hesitant, reluctant, reticent, bashful, demurring, Archaic, verecund; unwilling, timorous, timid, blushing, fading into the wallpaper.
self-esteem, n. 1. self-respect, pride, confidence, confidence in oneself or one's abilities, self-assurance, faith in oneself; self-confidence, self-reliance, independence, self-sufficiency, ability to stand on one's own two feet, ability to face oneself squarely.
2. egoism, self-conceit, self-regard, self-importance, self-approbation, self-admiration, self-love, self-worship, self-adulation; conceit, vanity, vainglory, vaingloriousness, bovarism, Inf. ego-trip, Inf. big head; self-serving, self-consideration, self-interest, self-aggrandizement; self-importance, smugness.
self-evident, adj. axiomatic, apodictic, manifestly true, patently true; uncontestable, manifest, certain; apparent, clear, clear-cut, clear as crystal; obvious, plain, visible, distinct, patent, bald-faced, bald, as plain as the nose on one's face; open, overt, unconcealed; inescapable, undeniable, incontrovertible; tangible, definite, explicit, express, plain as day.
self-government, n. 1. home rule, self-rule, political independence; autonomy, freedom, self-determination; democracy, democratic government, republic, republicanism, constitutional rule, constitutionalism.
2. self-control, control, self-restraint, restraint; selfdiscipline, self-command, self-mastery, self-conquest; abstemiousness, habitual abstinence, abstention, Puritanism, nonindulgence; will power, strength of character, moral fiber.
self-important, adj. proud, conceited, egocentric, narcissistic, self-centered, self-admiring, self-esteeming, SI. stuck or hung up on oneself; vain, vainglorious, egotistical, puffed-up, inflated, swollen, swell-headed, Inf. big-headed; arrogant, fastuous, overbearing, overweening, presumptuous, assuming, Inf. too-much; haughty, snobbish, on one's high horse, high-and-mighty, too good for the rest of us, priggish, Inf. high-hat, Inf. nose in the air, SI. snooty, SI. snotty, SI. sniffy, SI. stuck-up. See - proud (defs. 2, 3).
self-indulgence, n. self-gratification, unrestraint, intemperance, incontinence, immoderation; hedonism, pleasure-seeking, pursuit of pleasure, la dolce vita; wild or riotous or free or fast living, Inf. high living, the sporting life; licentiousness, libertinism, debauchery, dissoluteness, dissipation, profligacy; sensuality, sensualism, carnality; gluttony, gormandizing, swinishness; alcoholism, dipsomania, crapulence.
selfish, adj. 1. self-seeking, egotistic, self-centered, egocentric; self-interested, self-indulgent, selfconcerned, self-regarding.
2. greedy, avaricious, grasping, acquisitive, SI. grab-by, rapacious, hoggish, piggish; covetous, hoarding, possessive; miserly, penurious, parsimonious, grudging, niggardly, churlish; stingy, mean, illiberal, ungenerous, uncharitable, close-fisted, tight-fisted, close, Inf. tight, penny-pinching; mercenary, sordid, venal, usurious.
self-possessed, adj. calm, collected, composed, cool, Inf cool as a cucumber, Inf together; self-controlled,
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