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
- 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
- affectation
- airs
- amour-propre
- arrogance
- assurance
- big-headedness
- boastfulness
- boasting
- bragging
- conceit
- conceitedness
- display
- ego
- ego trip
- egocentricity
- egocentrism
- egoism
- egomania
- egotism
- gasconade
- greed
- haughtiness
- insolence
- megalomania
- narcissism
- ostentation
- overconfidence
- preoccupation with self
- presumption
- pretension
- pride
- self-absorption
- self-admiration
- self-centeredness
- self-confidence
- self-importance
- self-indulgence
- self-interest
- self-involvement
- self-love
- self-possession
- self-regard
- self-worship
- selfishness
- show
- showing off
- smugness
- stinginess
- superiority
- swellheadedness
- vainglory
- vainness
- vanity
- vaunting
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