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Recent Examples of self-critical
Hendriksen said that some people are simply wired to be self-critical.
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Andrea Kane, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
Farke discussed how self-critical Meslier is last week.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
And where the confident, outgoing Navarro was comfortable being the center of attention, Avery was a reserved bookish subversive, and quietly self-critical.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
That’s an important distinction for a player as reflective and self-critical as Williams tends to be.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
Riley was considerably less self-critical when asked about his team’s offensive philosophy to start the game, even though the Trojans were held to just three points in the first two quarters.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
But another reason might be that Gadd’s self-critical approach to telling his story has stymied many of their attempts to sling mud.
—Joe Utichi, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2024
The quarterback’s self-critical nature will never go away.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024
Self-compassion can be cultivated over time, by questioning self-critical narratives and affirming our very human emotional experiences.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Andrea Kane, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
Farke discussed how self-critical Meslier is last week.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
And where the confident, outgoing Navarro was comfortable being the center of attention, Avery was a reserved bookish subversive, and quietly self-critical.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
That’s an important distinction for a player as reflective and self-critical as Williams tends to be.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
Riley was considerably less self-critical when asked about his team’s offensive philosophy to start the game, even though the Trojans were held to just three points in the first two quarters.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
But another reason might be that Gadd’s self-critical approach to telling his story has stymied many of their attempts to sling mud.
—Joe Utichi, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2024
The quarterback’s self-critical nature will never go away.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024
Self-compassion can be cultivated over time, by questioning self-critical narratives and affirming our very human emotional experiences.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-critical
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In 2022, Quan starred as Waymond Wang, a seemingly diffident husband who transforms into a martial arts expert when crossing multiverses to save his family in the Daniels’ wild and emotional film Everything Everywhere All at Once.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2025
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Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
4 Dec. 2024
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Trump could instead lead with Vice President JD Vance’s promise: Boost the Child Tax Credit to $5,000 per child for young families, a progressive idea submitted by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) last week in a timid insurgency by Republican moderates who prefer to lift middling Americans.—
Bruce Fuller,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Feb. 2025
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Thus far this season, Sheppard, averaging 11.6 minutes per game, has struggled to get acclimated, often appearing timid and indecisive with the basketball.—
Rahat Huq,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Though Saturday Night excoriates Chase as a haughty frat-adjacent character and the actor’s reputation as being difficult to work with precedes him, an early writer paints a more humble picture.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2025
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Neville has always been humble about his playing career, instead pointing to the talent of those around him, from Cantona to Beckham and many others in between.—
Matt Slater,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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Shy and unassertive, she’s often been overlooked by others and kept to herself.—
Yasmine AlSayyad,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2023
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After a time, Patterson’s play-it-down-the-middle approach feels less like the remembrances of a Renaissance man and more like evasive, unassertive hedging.—
Mark Athitakis,
Washington Post,
6 June 2022
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“Self-critical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-critical. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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