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Recent Examples of self-accusation
This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern.
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Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-accusation
Noun
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She’s made the ear into which Salieri pours his late-life confessions, and in an even later episode is visited by Alexander Pushkin (Jack Farthing), the Russian writer, who wants to write a play based on the Mozart-Salieri legend.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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There are some clever exchanges, deep confessions and fun-loving moments involving breakfast cereal and TV reruns.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The lesson is visibility without self-betrayal.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
29 Jan. 2026
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But when devotion is self-betrayal, what then? • When devotion is self-betrayal, the body knows.—
Patrycja Humienik,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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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
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Still, there’s an ambiguity in her avowal.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The museum does not charge admission, and Ochoa said 75% of performing arts programming will remain free.—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The events will have a general-admission capacity of 8,000 fans; 2,000 more fans will be allowed in premium spaces.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
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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
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Recently, many have depicted motherhood as a harrowing ordeal of failure and self-reproach.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The crackdown—which came amid a shrinking economy, rising costs, tax increases, and Ukrainian drone strikes on the country’s energy sector—led to a rare outburst of public discontent and an equally uncommon acknowledgment of the dissatisfaction from Putin.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Running from May 11 to 15, AFW kicks off with a traditional Welcome to Country, which is a land acknowledgement ceremony.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
Noun
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More than a year after much of Pacific Palisades was leveled by fire, the Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved a motion calling on various departments to enhance red flag warning declarations to improve preparedness.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
8 May 2026
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The ceasefire and previous declarations that military operations were over have given way to new threats of bombing if Tehran does not accept a deal that allows for resumption of oil and natural gas shipments disrupted by the conflict.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 May 2026
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The letter is an unequivocal affirmation of Midway Rising’s application of state density bonus law, said Jeannette Temple, an executive at local land-use consulting firm Atlantis Group.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2026
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That is a notable affirmation of local land-use authority — notable because, for at least the past decade, the Legislature has steadily moved in the opposite direction.—
Haley Busch,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Self-accusation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-accusation. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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