as in self-loathing
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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.
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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.
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—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
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
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There’s rage and violence, self-loathing and self-sabotage.—
Book Marks
June 12,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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As Angie's self-loathing grew louder, the house began to change.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
8 June 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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Between the sticks - Bayern seem reluctant to retire Neuer but this diffidence is helping no one.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There are some people who will criticize your generation’s altruism as childlike fantasy.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
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And in humans the structure has been linked to traits such as trust, empathy, moral decision-making and extraordinary altruism.—
Tobias Kalenscher,
Scientific American,
13 June 2025
Noun
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While feedback, openness to questions and acknowledgment of effort help to adapt, a dismissive environment can instill self-doubt before the employee even has a chance to perform.—
Naira Velumyan,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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The production — directed and choreographed by Jennifer Werner — stands on the shoulders of a strong cast, led by Sam McLellan as Elder Price, the strait-laced, big brother type who’s on a mission to fulfill his, well, mission but is derailed by self-doubt and religious questioning.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 June 2025
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