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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