adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As at any other self-respecting nursery, we always gathered ours up and burned them - but not these lads.
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It was the kind of station, and nobody tried to disguise it, where self-respecting disc jockeys were never found.
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It went without saying that the truly self-respecting native was the one who understood the indecency of aspiring beyond his station.
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No self-respecting lady or gent would use it now.
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Not that any self-respecting journalist would do that, of course.
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So far as any self-respecting mechanic was concerned, he knew nothing.
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Yet no self-respecting third-party candidate runs for election simply to destroy one big party and elevate the other.