self-accusation

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Recent Examples of self-accusation This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern. Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-accusation
Noun
  • Sitting around a table in the soundstage where the pilot for I Love Lucy was filmed, the six of them tailored the roles to the actors and infused the script with arguments, embarrassments, and confessions from their own relationships.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 26 June 2026
  • What happens when the material is not confession but trace?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • The lesson is visibility without self-betrayal.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But when devotion is self-betrayal, what then? • When devotion is self-betrayal, the body knows.
    Patrycja Humienik, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Speeches land as heartfelt confessions as hesitant characters gently lay the groundwork until the moment of avowal becomes unavoidable.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Still, there’s an ambiguity in her avowal.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Other free admission for military, healthcare, first responders, Florida educators, and disabled visitors and an accompanying caregiver.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
  • One drink ticket is included in admission and a valid ID required, organizers said.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • On the one hand, self-reproach is a convenient stance for showrunner Ryan Condal to take.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
  • Laughing, by contrast, conveyed that the person understood the mistake was trivial and didn’t require dramatic self-reproach.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • After Phil Nevin and Ron Washington also failed to hold the managerial job for more than two seasons, Minasian hired first-time manager Kurt Suzuki from his own front-office staff last fall, giving him a one-year deal with the acknowledgment that their fates were tied.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • In September 2024, the USDA quietly terminated its 30-year-old annual report on household food insecurity — effectively ending the official tracking and acknowledgment of hunger in America.
    Mark Osborne, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Historian Pauline Maier has identified some 90 declarations sent to the Continental Congress by towns and counties throughout the colonies.
    Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026
  • At first glance, these expressions might seem triumphalist declarations that link the nation’s success over the past 250 years with Christian faith.
    David Mislin, The Conversation, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Encourage employees to replace self-blame with intentional affirmations.
    Dr. Erika Rasure, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Within days, the Florida Supreme Court issued its own guidelines, rendering the separate affirmation redundant.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026

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“Self-accusation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-accusation. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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