Sense of self-esteem (3)
I believe the answer is:
ego
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sense of self-esteem</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ego that I've seen before include "Part of the mind" , "Conscious mind" , "Aspect of the personality" , "Vowel to disappear, < say another" , "Self-esteem, sense of self" .)