as in self-loathing
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Recent Examples of self-hate
This largely comes from a place of frustration at what is perceived as self-hate.
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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
When offered as just-in-time tools within popular social media platforms like Tumblr and Discord, these programs reduce near-term ratings of hopelessness and self-hate and increase desires to stop self-harming, with effects considered large within the scientific community.
—Jessica Schleider, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
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
When offered as just-in-time tools within popular social media platforms like Tumblr and Discord, these programs reduce near-term ratings of hopelessness and self-hate and increase desires to stop self-harming, with effects considered large within the scientific community.
—Jessica Schleider, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-hate
Noun
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This was a performer whose sense of self-worth, depending on the day, ranged from unfeigned humility to desperate insecurity to full-on self-loathing.—
Bruce Handy,
Air Mail,
3 May 2025
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Photo: IMDb This deeply icky picaresque about a 13-year-old runaway (Chloë Grace Moretz) called in Lively for the Blake specialty: a self-loathing drug addict with a heart of gold with whom men are obsessed.—
Lizzie Logan,
Vulture,
2 May 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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Between the sticks - Bayern seem reluctant to retire Neuer but this diffidence is helping no one.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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At its best, the uncomfortably intimate aesthetic of the films combined with the general diffidence at their heart attempted to epitomize a generational temperament and linguistic sensibility.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
14 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Institutions are not turning to blockchain out of altruism.—
Azeem Khan,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Pope Francis was a popular figure within and outside the Catholic Church, given his principles of austerity and altruism, as well as his outspoken stance on the evils of war and occupation.—
Tessa Solomon for ARTnews,
Robb Report,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Deep breathing helps activate the parasympathetic nervous system, calming your mind and body, which can create more clarity and emotional control in moments of self-doubt or stress.—
Luciana Paulise,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Murphy said that knowledge like this is a critical defense against self-doubt, but also against the potential for identity erasure.—
Anne Kniggendorf,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2025
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“Self-hate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-hate. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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