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self-abasement

[self-uh-beys-muhnt, self-] / ˈsɛlf əˈbeɪs mənt, ˌsɛlf- /




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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

And James H. Sweet, the protagonist of academia’s most recent pratfall, is a maestro of self-abasement.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022

For the spiritually vigilant, this process requires authentic humility, a quality described by the medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides as the middle path between pride and shiflut, or "self-abasement."

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2021

Greenwell’s narrator is a poet of self-abasement, keenly attuned to the notion of size, of taking up too much space, and its centrality to queer experience.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2020

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




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