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Definition of self-contempt in English: self-contemptnoun sɛlfkənˈtɛm(p)t mass nounContempt or loathing for oneself or one's actions. they expressed self-contempt for having wasted so many hours in front of the idiot box Example sentencesExamples - They may not realize how close self-satisfaction is to self-contempt.
- Self-righteousness is a manifestation of self-contempt.
- You can witness the self-contempt in his diaries.
- Sylvia noted with dissatisfaction and some self-contempt that the course of her next afternoon's ramble took her instinctively clear of the network of woods.
- At the same time, if moral guidance is itself morally repugnant, then self-contempt is equally as abhorrent.
- His soul cried out in protest at the very thought, yet even as it did, another part of him writhed in self-contempt.
- Poverty syndromes and national self-contempt are widespread throughout the region.
- His unbalanced self-esteem gradually turned into self-contempt.
- The result is a mingled feeling of sorrow, shame and self-contempt.
- Multiply self-contempt a million times, and you have the widespread alienation that marks society today.
- Thus group self-contempt went hand in hand with group self-love, and especially that aspect of it that tried to ‘externalise’ its altruistic tendencies.
Definition of self-contempt in US English: self-contemptnounˈˌself kənˈtem(p)t Contempt or loathing for oneself or one's actions. they expressed self-contempt for having wasted so many hours in front of the idiot box Example sentencesExamples - The result is a mingled feeling of sorrow, shame and self-contempt.
- At the same time, if moral guidance is itself morally repugnant, then self-contempt is equally as abhorrent.
- Poverty syndromes and national self-contempt are widespread throughout the region.
- They may not realize how close self-satisfaction is to self-contempt.
- His soul cried out in protest at the very thought, yet even as it did, another part of him writhed in self-contempt.
- Self-righteousness is a manifestation of self-contempt.
- Sylvia noted with dissatisfaction and some self-contempt that the course of her next afternoon's ramble took her instinctively clear of the network of woods.
- Thus group self-contempt went hand in hand with group self-love, and especially that aspect of it that tried to ‘externalise’ its altruistic tendencies.
- You can witness the self-contempt in his diaries.
- Multiply self-contempt a million times, and you have the widespread alienation that marks society today.
- His unbalanced self-esteem gradually turned into self-contempt.
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