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Recent Examples of self-abandonment
In the film, Ferreira stars as Lily Trevino, a 25-year-old at-home caretaker who struggles with self-abandonment.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
The emotional toll of self-abandonment can be severe, leading to resentment, exhaustion and anxiety.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Yet, as Danny watches her real passport being fed into a shredder, the torment of self-abandonment begins to weigh on her.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
Khaled himself maintains a mysterious inertia that turns Matar’s narrative into a deep and detailed exploration not so much of abandonment as of self-abandonment: the story of a man split in two, one who cannot quite tell the story that would make the parts cohere again.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
The novelist Thomas Mann thought that German expressionism and Nazism both sprang from the same root of emotional self-abandonment.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
The emotional toll of self-abandonment can be severe, leading to resentment, exhaustion and anxiety.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Yet, as Danny watches her real passport being fed into a shredder, the torment of self-abandonment begins to weigh on her.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024
Khaled himself maintains a mysterious inertia that turns Matar’s narrative into a deep and detailed exploration not so much of abandonment as of self-abandonment: the story of a man split in two, one who cannot quite tell the story that would make the parts cohere again.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
The novelist Thomas Mann thought that German expressionism and Nazism both sprang from the same root of emotional self-abandonment.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-abandonment
Noun
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Memory loss, incontinence and trouble walking are also common.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
23 May 2025
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The condition is defined difficulty walking (often described as a shuffling or magnetic gait), cognitive decline resembling dementia, and urinary incontinence.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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These tests can detect early and subtle changes in cognitive domains including verbal and visual memory, and impairments in language and executive functions including impulse control and disinhibition.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Toxic disinhibition thrives in environments where facial expressions, vocal tone and immediate feedback aren’t required (which is to say, essentially all of modern online dating).—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Turn $5 Jake Paul Bet Into $150 Instant Bonus On DraftKings Sportsbook Instant gratification is rare in sports betting, but that is exactly what players can get on DraftKings Sportsbook.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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Fast fashion appeals to a generation driven by social media and instant gratification, offering constant novelty at a low cost.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Unfortunately, a drunken Ben makes a heinous error in judgment that abruptly extinguishes the generosity of their hosts.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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Other thinkers have reflected on the generosity of the shrub and its fruit.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
27 June 2025
Noun
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How naive of me to expect that those in the public eye would at least pretend to possess tact, diplomacy, magnanimity and graciousness rather than bark and growl like an angry pit bull on a thick clanking chain.—
Louis Balsamo,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
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His magnanimity may have been intended to compensate for his earlier razing of Rotterdam and to preclude his prosecution for ordering the extermination of thousands of Russian Jews.—
Sam Roberts,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 2015
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Amanda Edwards/WireImage Unlike luxury fashion or high-end accessories, where scarcity is often a deliberate strategy to generate buzz, products like jam and wine fall into the realm of everyday indulgences.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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Spit is here and of the moment — a post-pandemic, germ-swapping indulgence.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
25 June 2025
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This policy was born not out of altruism but out of self-interest: the United States and its collective deterrent are stronger with the geography, capabilities, and political unity that allies provide.—
VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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There are some people who will criticize your generation’s altruism as childlike fantasy.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Self-abandonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-abandonment. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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