self-punishment
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7.5
- noun
- /sɛlf-ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/
- Doomed by race to little work and by sex to roles that reinforced self-punishment, she died young; a casualty of drugs and alcohol.
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Watch on YouTubeMaybe it's a reward process, maybe it's through self punishment, maybe it's through self reward in the positive sense.
- Maybe it's a reward process, maybe it's through self punishment, maybe it's through self reward in the positive sense.
- I have a very hard and fast rule that I use when it comes to this idea of self punishment.
Examples
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Positive evaluations are in the form of self-reward, while self-punishment follows unfavorable evaluations.
Academic text (1996) -
"In here, it's self-punishment." "That can be a good feeling, too," Downer said.
Fiction book (1999) -
His self-punishment made her feel sick.
Fiction book (1997) -
I waited for three years, and it was like a self-punishment.
Blog text (15) -
Researchers note that self-punishment is an important component of eating disorders (Striegel-Moore et al., 1986).
Academic text (1996) -
After years of self-punishment for her mistakes, she finally learned to forgive herself.
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He engaged in self-punishment each time he felt he had let his family down.
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The therapist suggested that constant self-punishment was hindering his ability to move forward.
Synonyms
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5.1
A habit of judging yourself harshly for your actions or abilities
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9.9
To punish yourself by hitting your body with a whip, often for religious reasons
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7.4
Causing yourself pain by thinking a lot about bad things
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7.9
To blame yourself for mistakes or failures
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7.1
A feeling of blaming yourself for something you did wrong
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9.3
Act of making yourself feel ashamed to show you are sorry
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9.9
A practice of hurting yourself on purpose to show discipline or say sorry, often for religious reasons
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Blaming yourself for things you did wrong
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8.6
To make yourself feel sad or guilty on purpose by replaying past events
A feeling of blaming yourself for a mistake
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Surface Forms
Morphology
self-punishment = self + punishment (transparent) = self + punishment
The meaning is directly compositional: 'self' + 'punishment' = punishment inflicted on oneself.
Etymology
Self-punishment is made of self- meaning 'your own' and punishment meaning 'penalty'. So it is like giving yourself a penalty or making yourself suffer because of guilt, which explains the modern meaning.