self-abasement
Example Sentences
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Is this the pride that bases itself on moral laceration, and gratifies itself with creepy self-abasement?
From The Guardian
Usually it involves the posturing inherent to partisanship and the self-abasement of endless fundraising.
From Washington Post
We can respond by atoning—with prayer, with sacrifice, with self-abasement.
From The New Yorker
The lie is her tragic belief that her public self-abasement will win her any real affection from anyone.
From The Verge
In dramatizing the fury with which Nisha’s parents respond to their daughter’s perceived self-abasement, Haq effectively throws it back in their faces.
From Los Angeles Times
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