self-accusation
Example Sentences
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He tended to mask his gay self through self-accusation and self-condemnation.
From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2022
They’ve avoided the critical characteristic that sets the church apart from every other institution in the world: the capacity for self-accusation, self-sacrifice and public penance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 16, 2018
Luft honors Garland lovingly—the person and the performer—throughout “Judy and I,” despite his depiction of her agonies and his unsparing self-accusation for her part in them.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2017
You couldn’t have anticipated your girlfriend would reveal herself to be controlling and vicious, so release yourself from that self-accusation.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2015
I could hold thoughts in my head besides anger and self-accusation.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
