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self-hatred

self-hatred

11 6.4
A strong painful feeling that you are a bad person or have no value
  • noun
  • /sɛlfˈheɪtɪd/
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  • This, ladies and gentlemen... is the heart-breaking sight of self-hatred.
  • rumination and self-hatred
  • self-hatred and destructiveness
  • racial self-hatred

I mean self loathing and self hatred is not a healthy thing right?

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Examples

  • I would argue that you don't want to feel self hatred ever.

  • I think one of the most important things was figuring out the root cause of all that self hatred and pain.

  • I had the sick self hatred because of the situation I created.

  • The more self hatred and guilt we have, the less our life works.

  • And I had this sense of self-hatred, of fear.

  • I was in the cycle of self hatred that I didn't even know because we're unconscious of it.

  • Self-hatred is staring back at you.

  • We're all human, we all make mistakes and don't let that hatred, that self hatred destroy your confidence.

  • The way I look at it, you had internalized your self-hatred.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Many people struggle with self-hatred due to their past mistakes and regrets.

Synonyms

self-disgust
vsself-hatred
1 7.9

A strong feeling of shame and dislike for yourself

expresses more hostile intense loathing rather than shameful revulsion

Antonyms

Accepting yourself as you are, including your strengths and weaknesses

How Self-Hating

self-hatred
11 6.4

Surface Forms

self-hatred singular
self-hatreds plural

Morphology

self-hatred = self + hatred (transparent) = self + hatred

Meaning is a straightforward compound: hatred directed at oneself, which learners can derive from the components.

Etymology

Self-hatred combines self ('oneself') and hatred ('very strong dislike'). So it literally names the feeling of intensely disliking yourself, like looking in a mirror and feeling deep shame.