Antonyms for self-worship

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wur-ship

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜr ʃɪp

Definition of self-worship

Origin : Old English worðscip, wurðscip (Anglian), weorðscipe (West Saxon) "condition of being worthy, honor, renown," from weorð "worthy" (see worth) + -scipe (see -ship). Sense of "reverence paid to a supernatural or divine being" is first recorded c.1300. The original sense is preserved in the title worshipful (c.1300).

As in vanity : noun conceit, egotism
As in egoism : noun self-centeredness
As in selfishness : noun self-regard
As in narcissism : noun egotism
As in self-absorption : noun egoism
As in self-centeredness : noun egoism
As in self-involvement : noun egoism
As in vainness : noun egotism
As in egoism/egotism : noun self-centeredness

Example sentences :

It endangered the absoluteness of her self-belief and self-worship.
Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

Thus, this view leads to humanity-worship or rather to self-worship.
Extract from : « Evolution » by Joseph Le Conte

This free agency is nothing more than the self-worship of the poor slave.
Extract from : « Goethe and Schiller » by L. Mhlbach

She tore herself away from her self-worship and quickly began to dress.
Extract from : « A Bed of Roses » by W. L. George

But self-worship and the craving for aggrandizement are in reality very uninspiring emotions.
Extract from : « Gems (?) of German Thought » by Various

In his own house, this old man was given up to self-worship, without a shadow of concealment.
Extract from : « Mabel's Mistake » by Ann S. Stephens

But "egotism, in the sense of 'self-worship,' is preferable to egoism, since egoism also designates a system of philosophy."
Extract from : « Practical Exercises in English » by Huber Gray Buehler

I was got upon a precipice, but knew it not—that of self-worship and conceit—the worst creature-idolatry.
Extract from : « Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 » by Various

I suppose Tartuffe had persuaded himself into self-worship, into the conviction that everything he said and did must be right.
Extract from : « Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches » by Justin McCarthy

He lived in an atmosphere of self-worship, and was enchanted with every bar of his own music.
Extract from : « The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky » by Modeste Tchaikovsky

Synonyms for self-worship

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