[onlybeforenoun] (especially in negative sentences) having pride in yourself because you believe that what you do is right and good:
No self-respecting journalist would ever work for that newspaper.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, self-respecting is tagged as adjective.
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