sense of worth

collocation in English

meaningsofsenseandworth

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sense
noun
uk
/sens/us
/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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worth
noun
uk
/wɜːθ/us
/wɝːθ/
the amount of money that something can be sold ...
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(Definition ofsenseandworthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is a way of becoming visible and aesthetically pleasing, and it bestows asenseofworthand achievement in skills learnt through dancing.
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In the past thissenseofworthcould be derived from developing therapeutic relationships and a general altruism of purpose.
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Houses and gardens were to be redesigned to provide space for the father to read and to grow food for the family, thereby enhancing hissenseofworth.
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On top of all this there were the gains from the game of village politics and the thrill and enhancedsenseofworththat stemmed from their association with dacoity.
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Fifth, it provides asenseofworthand achievement in the skills learnt through dancing, when other skills are no longer of use.
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Slurs, false accusations, or exclusion from activities based on race are likely to undermine a child'ssenseofworthand control while fostering mistrust of others, especially the majority population.
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The law underlines so much of a woman'ssenseofworthand security and her feeling that society understands her needs.
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It has enhanced people's quality of life andsenseofworth.
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They can also lose their self-respect,senseofworthand purpose in life.
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There is also asenseofworthfrom work accomplished.
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Those benefits are not exclusively financial, but include asenseofworthand dignity and a model for children of how life could be.
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Our experience is that approaching children with an attempt to restore security, trust, and safety from harm, often allows children to rediscover their potential, theirsenseofworth.
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I do not wish to minimise the critical importance to people of work, not only for their standard of living but for their self-esteem andsenseofworth.
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In doing so, he unexpectedly finds thesenseofworthhe had craved.
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Micro-inequities can slowly and methodically erode a persons motivation andsenseofworthaccording to some experts.
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He has lived a privileged life, and always suffered from an inflatedsenseofworth.
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They are desperate for money, but equally in need of self-esteem, of belonging and asenseofworth.
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