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
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
Martine Thompson, Essence, 21 May 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-hate
Noun
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The weight of that single sheet of paper pulled me down to new depths of shame and self-loathing.—
Joe Garcia,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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Fanning’s tensed, squirrelly performance comes to life in these spots, with Polly’s waning trust and fear of betrayal cluing into a wounded self-loathing that becomes the film’s best lasting impression.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 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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Scott was completing a yearlong master’s program in mathematics, and Noone, a doctoral candidate five years his senior, was charmed by the contrast between his good looks and his diffidence.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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And has done so with the kind of diffidence that can only come from a lifetime in the sports backwaters.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This isn’t just about altruism, though.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Is there a way forward for the 98% of Gen Zers who put self-care, authenticity, and altruism above company success and career propulsion?—
Suzy Welch,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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No matter what stage in life, a parent’s disapproving action or comment can send an adult child spiraling down a vortex of negative feelings and self-doubt.—
Lynda Lin Grigsby,
Parents,
7 Nov. 2025
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Through the most tumultuous years of their young lives — personally and globally — Kate and Frida show each other how to overcome self-doubt and embrace joy even through their darkest hours in the last precious years before the internet changed everything.—
Nora Dahlia,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Self-hate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-hate. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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