" self-admiration "

1: an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements;

  * e.g., " ... his overweening self-admiration blinded him to constructive criticism of any kind "

•  Synonyms : 

•  amour propre,

•  bighead,

•  complacence,

•  complacency,

•  conceit,

•  conceitedness,

•  ego,

•  egotism,

•  pomposity,

•  pompousness,

•  pride,

•  pridefulness,

•  self-assumption,

•  self-conceit,

•  self-congratulation,

•  self-esteem,

•  self-glory,

•  self-importance,

•  self-love,

•  self-opinion,

•  self-satisfaction,

•  smugness,

•  swelled head,

•  swellheadedness,

•  vaingloriousness,

•  vainglory,

•  vainness,

•  vanity

•  Antonyms : 

•  humbleness,

•  humility,

•  modesty