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Recent Examples of self-loathing
The reverse camera angle compounds my self-loathing.
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Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
More than anything, the movie gives you a portrait of the artist as an open wound, with self-mythologizing masquerading as self-loathing and self-deprecation taken to uncomfortable extremes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024
From the beginning, Shrinking has always framed Jimmy’s obsession with healing his patients as a sort of drug, a way of distracting himself from the grief and self-loathing gnawing at him in the background.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Turning self-loathing into material is one of the things that keeps Glaser alive.
—Anna Peele, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
More than anything, the movie gives you a portrait of the artist as an open wound, with self-mythologizing masquerading as self-loathing and self-deprecation taken to uncomfortable extremes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024
From the beginning, Shrinking has always framed Jimmy’s obsession with healing his patients as a sort of drug, a way of distracting himself from the grief and self-loathing gnawing at him in the background.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Turning self-loathing into material is one of the things that keeps Glaser alive.
—Anna Peele, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-loathing
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In a movie that seems to insist that self-hate is just part of life, Kidman’s alluringly impulsive, tragically romantic Charlotte almost escapes that nihilism … almost. 9.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
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There was some internal kind of self-hate, cultural hate in some ways.Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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The memory comes to me sometimes, out of the blue, crawling into my brain and filling it with self-disgust all over again.Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Shakespeare was a master of depicting the kinds of universal experiences — lust, betrayal, self-disgust, fear — that might preoccupy a young literary-minded student.Talya Zax, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
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Between the sticks - Bayern seem reluctant to retire Neuer but this diffidence is helping no one.Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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At its best, the uncomfortably intimate aesthetic of the films combined with the general diffidence at their heart attempted to epitomize a generational temperament and linguistic sensibility.Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
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Those impossible beauty standards, the constant self-doubt, unhealthy coping mechanisms, and materialistic desires are some of the other examples of what people say goodbye to in their thirties.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
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Holker opens up about navigating grief, supporting their three children, and discovering that beneath Boss’s infectious joy lay hidden struggles with addiction and self-doubt.Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2025
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For example, precision questioning, abstraction, aggression, sexism and a disdain for altruism—serving the social good—are a few of the core values driving culture in computing worksites.Coleen M. Carrigan, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2024
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As the moon and Neptune clash, someone seeks to exploit your altruism!USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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In some instances, this approach will give heirs time to develop the patience, knowledge and humility to handle a sudden influx of cash responsibly.Rory O'Hara, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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President-elect Donald Trump is the polar opposite, lacking any of the qualities including the integrity, goodness and humility that Carter possessed.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Self-loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-loathing. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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