self-abasement
Example Sentences
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After all, the look requires doing everything wrong, in a way so thorough that self-abasement seems a big part of the point.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025
Strong, as we know from his portrayal of Kendall Roy on “Succession,” has a talent for self-abasement.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
This is a tale of reverence, and a contemplation of whether that state — with its mingled elements of devotion, self-abasement and love — is possible as a secular exercise.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
Then again, self-abasement is nothing new for Mr. McCarthy.
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2021
Sometimes he thought of Antonapoulos with awe and self-abasement, sometimes with pride—always with love unchecked by criticism, freed of will.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
