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Recent Examples of self-abandonment
Suppressing anger in such moments, on the other hand, can lead to self-abandonment or emotional disconnection, both from yourself and others.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Shouldn’t the conversion story, in its form, facilitate this ardent self-abandonment?
—Terry Nguyen
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Compromise is natural in love, but self-abandonment is not.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
In the film, Ferreira stars as Lily Trevino, a 25-year-old at-home caretaker who struggles with self-abandonment.
—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
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Shouldn’t the conversion story, in its form, facilitate this ardent self-abandonment?
—Terry Nguyen
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Compromise is natural in love, but self-abandonment is not.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
In the film, Ferreira stars as Lily Trevino, a 25-year-old at-home caretaker who struggles with self-abandonment.
—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
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During Season 3, Harry had been experiencing penile symptoms such as erectile dysfunction and incontinence, which prompted him to go to the doctor, who diagnosed him with prostate cancer.—
Scarlett Harris,
Time,
13 Aug. 2025
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Poor sleep traits were linked to 1.5 times the risk of 122 diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, respiratory failure, certain bone fractures and urinary incontinence.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
30 July 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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Over time, technology addiction rewires the brain to expect instant gratification, depleting the brain’s cognitive patience and threshold for tolerating frustration in the process.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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That growth has been driven in large part by Gen Z, which has turned to retro tech across genres including music, movies, toys and traditional film as younger people reject instant digital gratification.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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But every actor, from Stephen Graham on down, had to bring a certain level of fearlessness and generosity of spirit to the project, and Baig was looking for those qualities as much as for the right faces to embody a community in the North of England.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
15 Aug. 2025
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Despite the cloud hanging over his head, Colvin continues to promote a narrative of success and generosity.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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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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The extensive treatment menu blends timeless techniques with modern indulgence, from Ayurvedic rituals and body polishes to bespoke facials and therapeutic massages.—
Katie Lara,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Some are designed to be shared, while others are intended as a one-and-done indulgence for adventurous solo sippers.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 July 2025
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Equally, a business driven by altruism alone is unlikely to make enough money to survive for long.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Trump has thus ended—or at least paused—the U.S. policy of strategic altruism.—
MILAN VAISHNAV,
Foreign Affairs,
16 July 2025
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“Self-abandonment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-abandonment. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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