savior
Example Sentences
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This helps the empathizer make sense of things, but it sounds more like victimization and a savior complex than empathy.
Lizza casts himself as another savior, writing: “I had helped her untangle herself from an unusual relationship.”
“But Jesus stresses the importance of belief. To proclaim that Jesus is our lord and savior is an act of faith that everyone has to take on their own.”
From Los Angeles Times
“That it was a ‘savior’ diagnosis for too many kids whose parents wanted a medical reason to drug their children, or to explain their kids’ bad behavior.”
From Literature
With the passage of centuries, the Eurocentric accounts that depicted Cortés as a heroic “white savior” and Moctezuma as a cowardly heathen have been eclipsed.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
