as in self-loathing
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Recent Examples of self-hate
Andreeva listens and nods, then returns to self-hate too often.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
The book is a journey from self-love to self-hate.
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Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
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
There was some internal kind of self-hate, cultural hate in some ways.
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Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Oct. 2024
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
The book is a journey from self-love to self-hate.
—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
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.
—
Martine Thompson,
Essence,
21 May 2025
There was some internal kind of self-hate, cultural hate in some ways.
—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-hate
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Or two self-loathing stepbrothers and their toxic, brutally violent codependence?
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Salima Gangani gives a moving and sensitive performance as Gretchen, Regina’s devoted but self-loathing second in command.
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Perhaps there could even be a real shudder of self-disgust on these shores—a recognition that our national pursuit of material happiness has immiserated much of the rest of the world and is now devouring itself.
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The dismantling of Willy in his son’s eyes is almost as sad as the brief flashes of honest self-disgust that interrupt his father’s reveries.
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Celik seems attuned to such questions as a valid (if not necessarily revelatory) core for a play to circle around, but Cramer’s writing often feels caught between an exploration of comic diffidence and simply an expression of it.
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And that eye could see past Dorothy’s drab uniform and Cindy Brady pigtails, her tall girl’s diffidence and her sweet girl’s shyness, to the bombshell smoldering underneath.
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This is a book of profound intellectual altruism and moral urgency that insists on summoning courage despite (or because of) societal and political cleavage.
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Musk did push for structures that would have given him control, and Altman and Brockman became extraordinarily wealthy from an organization built around the language of altruism.
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Despite impressive resumes and years of experience, many struggled with self-doubt.
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Expressing yourself may require jumping a few self-doubt hurdles.
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“Self-hate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-hate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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