condemnation
noun
the act of condemning.
self-condemnation
-
a word derived from
condemnation.
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
The spider sculptures emerge as “a woman’s revenge,” indeed an alternative “family,” and help compensate for the artist’s pernicious self-condemnation: “bad daughter bad wife bad mother.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2019
Though a lot of jurisdictions require corroborating evidence, in practice self-condemnation is pretty damning—and, it seems, surprisingly easy to induce.
From Economist ● Aug. 10, 2011
As an Asian, I can view it only as self-condemnation.
From Time Magazine Archive
He added, "You've been out of town so much, I didn't think you knew I'd started—" "I know, Rog," the man said, aware of a rising flood of self-condemnation.
From A Mixture of Genius by Arnold Castle
