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Recent Examples of amour propre But Edna soon became a case study in exorbitant amour propre, lampooning suburban pretensions, political correctness and the cult of celebrity, and acquiring a damehood along the way. Margalit Fox, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023 White is Smart Lite without the emotional volatility and ever-present amour propre. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022 But Britain, its amour propre stung at losing such a treasure, halted its export and raised money to keep it in the country. Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022 As Joe Biden has frankly noted, Mrs. Biden sought the Dr. honorific to rebuild her amour propre. Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 Dec. 2020 Underneath its gleaming promise of public scholarship, Wikipedia is a community that teems with its own authorities and cognoscenti, with all the high-handedness, Byzantine bylaws, and amour propre of any cultural institution on 5th Avenue. Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 2 Nov. 2020 Fundamental to Chinese amour propre is the belief that the language is too difficult for foreigners, who will never master its complete set of characters. Peter Neville-Hadley, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017 There is no such thing as private satisfaction of amour propre. David Lay Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2017 Concessions at this stage would damage national amour propre to an unacceptable degree. Patrick N. Theros, Time, 26 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amour propre
Noun
  • Tiny Solar Homes The bathroom is nearby and contains a shower, vanity sink, and a flushing toilet.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The resurgence of popular beauty looks of decades past comes at no surprise to those who grew up watching their mothers and grandmothers do their hair or paint their nails at their bathroom vanity.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • So much more than a story about football players, this series takes in race, socio-economics, and what happens to outsized egos in the face of failure.
    Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
  • This kind of self-inquiry forces leaders to separate ego from strategy, ensuring that decisions are based on the best available information rather than past habits.
    Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Another local chef who gets to revel in both culinary and local pride is Chef Edney Gaitor, of Café Martinique.
    Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Yet, the beach culture becomes an everyday celebration of liberation, unity, and cultural pride.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But what unfolded in the White House on Friday was a striking departure—an unprecedented display of hostility, arrogance, and political theater that raises serious concerns about America's global leadership.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Reportedly, Tulip mastermind Charles Hegel (played with perfect measure of condescending arrogance by Josh Brener) has died in Kenya, and took with him all the necessary passwords needed to access the accounts of his many investors.
    Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Amour propre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amour%20propre. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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