ethnomasochistic attitude
- noun
- Offensive
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actitud etnomasoquista
- Educational programs strive to address issues without encouraging an ethnomasochistic attitude among students.
Examples
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Many people struggle with an ethnomasochistic attitude towards their own culture.
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Some commentators accused the artist of promoting an ethnomasochistic attitude in his work.
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The rise of an ethnomasochistic attitude among certain intellectuals sparked heated debates about cultural identity.
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He expressed an ethnomasochistic attitude during the discussion.
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Many people struggle with an ethnomasochistic attitude toward their own culture.
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The rise of an ethnomasochistic attitude among certain intellectuals sparked heated debates about cultural identity.
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Some commentators accused the artist of promoting an ethnomasochistic attitude in his work.
Antonyms
How Proud
Surface Forms
Morphology
ethnomasochistic + attitude
The phrase is morphologically compositional — ethno- (relating to ethnicity) + masochistic (self-harming / self-hating) + attitude — so the core meaning of self-directed hatred toward one’s ethnicity can be inferred if a learner recognises those morphemes. However, 'ethnomasochistic' is a rare, technical coinage and the metaphorical force of 'masochistic' in this social/ideological sense is somewhat figurative and non‑transparent for typical learners, so full comprehension is not guaranteed without prior exposure.
Etymology
Ethnomasochistic attitude mixes ethno, meaning your people or ethnic group, and masochistic, meaning liking pain. Picture someone who keeps blaming or shaming their own people and even seems to like that pain. That's why the phrase means 'self-hatred or dislike of your own ethnic group'.