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Recent Examples of self-betrayal
But when devotion is self-betrayal, what then? • When devotion is self-betrayal,
the body knows.
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Patrycja Humienik, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
This self-betrayal reduces your ability to engage in an unself-conscious, fully authentic way.
—Liz Kislik, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Combatting machine mindset begins with ending self-betrayal and honoring your intuition and your needs as a human being.
—Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
And changing yourself isn’t inherently self-betrayal.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024
This can contribute to feelings of low self-worth, self-betrayal and even anxiety or depression.
—Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
What mattered more was always the creativity and abjection with which the contestants approached his personal challenge: Prove your loyalty through self-betrayal.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
Patrycja Humienik, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
This self-betrayal reduces your ability to engage in an unself-conscious, fully authentic way.
—Liz Kislik, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Combatting machine mindset begins with ending self-betrayal and honoring your intuition and your needs as a human being.
—Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
And changing yourself isn’t inherently self-betrayal.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024
This can contribute to feelings of low self-worth, self-betrayal and even anxiety or depression.
—Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
What mattered more was always the creativity and abjection with which the contestants approached his personal challenge: Prove your loyalty through self-betrayal.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-betrayal
Noun
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The feed surfaces chats containing legal dilemmas, therapy discussions, and deeply personal confessions, often linked to real accounts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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What’s her initial reaction to his big confession there?—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
28 June 2025
Noun
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Taken without our consent, without payment, without even the courtesy of acknowledgment.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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Consent must be separate from other agreements and may not be bundled with terms of service or other privacy acknowledgments.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Noun
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But the company was forced to retreat a year later following the admission that its earnings had been fabricated.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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The event will feature festival food, cold drinks, kids’ activities, live music and a fireworks show beginning at 9:30 p.m. Gates will open at 5 p.m. and admission is free.—
Alyssa Cooper,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Their jobs—which may involve stabbing, shooting, or strangling, as well as betrayals and avowals of loyalty, and locking bodies in car trunks for later disposal—may be slightly stressful at times, but the effects are temporary.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
30 July 2024
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The finale gave us a pretty thrilling cliffhanger: an airborne dragon duel, the killing of a young prince, avowals of all-out war.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
14 June 2024
Noun
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What started as a playful affirmation craze turned into a global conversation about mindset and the power of expectation.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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These lists are signifiers of a certain standard, affirmation that celebrities and artists have tastes that reflect our own.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
24 June 2025
Noun
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On Tuesday, the Department of Energy issued an emergency declaration for the Carolinas allowing Duke Energy to exceed pollution limits at its power plants to meet the load brought about by the heatwave.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Without being attacked, without a declaration of war, our president has chosen to enter this unending conflict in the Middle East.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
Noun
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The stories are compelling, often blending sure-fire elements of true crime, psychology (primarily the surrender and loss of self, replaced with a groupthink mentality), deception, betrayal and all manner of drama.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Conan Edogawa and Detective Kogoro Mouri join the Nagano prefectural police to investigate a break-in at the observatory while uncovering a deeper plot involving undercover agents, betrayal, and vengeance.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
30 June 2025
Noun
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The self-reproaches are reproaches against a loved object which have been shifted away from it on to the patient’s ego.—
Gary Greenberg,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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That guilt can deepen the cycle, turning what started as self-care into self-reproach.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Parents,
20 May 2025
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“Self-betrayal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-betrayal. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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