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English
Etymology
From self- + respecting.
Adjective
self-respecting (comparative more self-respecting, superlative most self-respecting)
- Having self-respect; having pride or knowledge of one's own worth.
No self-respecting man would tolerate such an insult.
2010, Michael E. Bernard, Rationality and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Legacy of Albert Ellis:Now, when you awfulize you go beyond that and tell yourself, instead “It's horrible, awful and terrible!” You then mean several things, all of which are clearly unprovable and which any self-respecting Martian with an IQ of 100 could easily see through.
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