self-hate

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Recent Examples of self-hate Henry initially felt anxious about others possibly perceiving her decision to go blonde as an attempt to emulate whiteness or as an expression of self-hate. Martine Thompson, Essence, 21 May 2025 This largely comes from a place of frustration at what is perceived as self-hate. Tayler Adigun, Essence, 16 Apr. 2025 In a rare moment of vulnerability, Xan then gives voice to the deep well of shame and self-hate that bubbles beneath his and his brother’s brutish veneer. Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 27 Mar. 2025 Research shows even brief 30-minute interventions can significantly reduce feelings of hopelessness and self-hate among adolescents and can effectively serve diverse youth populations across different languages, with completion rates nearly doubling when implemented through community partnerships. Rob Morris, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025 In a movie that seems to insist that self-hate is just part of life, Kidman’s alluringly impulsive, tragically romantic Charlotte almost escapes that nihilism … almost. 9. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025 There was some internal kind of self-hate, cultural hate in some ways. Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 Hot With a Vengeance shows why beauty should be a tool of self-expression, not self-hate. Shannon Carlin, TIME, 27 June 2024 And then the awful demons of self-hate and self-contempt, a hugely negative self-image, took its place in the center of the victim’s being. . . . Mark Hertsgaard, TIME, 7 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-hate
Noun
  • There are heavy emotions in every song, which she’s said stem in part from a breakup, an eating disorder and general anxiety and self-loathing; there are references to punching mirrors, stage fright, ego death, obsessing over body weight, even bodily functions.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 27 June 2025
  • There’s rage and violence, self-loathing and self-sabotage.
    Book Marks June 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • The memory comes to me sometimes, out of the blue, crawling into my brain and filling it with self-disgust all over again.
    Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Shakespeare was a master of depicting the kinds of universal experiences — lust, betrayal, self-disgust, fear — that might preoccupy a young literary-minded student.
    Talya Zax, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
Noun
  • One reason for the diffidence may be that Shao-Horn already has another project for building larger electrodes to be used in EV applications.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 22 June 2010
  • New Delhi and Washington have made important strides together toward balancing Chinese power in recent years, but India’s diffidence about a tight partnership with the United States frustrates this outcome.
    ASHLEY J. TELLIS, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • There are some people who will criticize your generation’s altruism as childlike fantasy.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • The story is halting, its end inevitable; it’s also couched in self-doubt, second-guessing, disbelief.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 27 June 2025
  • Mitski does it too, singing desire and self-doubt like secrets passed from one insomniac to another.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025

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“Self-hate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-hate. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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