self-abnegation
Example Sentences
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It's true that from time to time he would stray and say something vaguely critical but over Trump's term he became progressively sycophantic to the point of embarrassing self-abnegation.
From Salon
Such a woman may not be entirely silent, but she meets the right's ideal of total female self-abnegation, a complete embrace of her role as a servant and vessel for the desires of others.
From Salon
The life that Alharthi describes is one of almost saintly self-abnegation.
From Washington Post
Season 3 is, winningly, rife with Roman's swaggering sexual self-abnegation.
From Salon
To make his self-abnegation flesh, Spivey is surrounded — and serially haunted — by six sensational actors who play Usher’s “Thoughts.”
From Washington Post
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