self-hatred
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Seeing themselves through her eyes has created a blossoming self-hatred: “Our room? Is sordid and bare and mean. Minimalist, she calls it,” Solange says glumly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
This is a losing battle by definition, one that testifies to the nihilistic self-hatred and appetite for self-destruction that Baudrillard observed in 2002.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
“I was highly critical of my own body, I had low self-esteem, I struggled with self-hatred, just like Claire. I could see myself in that character.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
All of the self-hatred he’d been pushing down for years — the discomfort he felt in his body, the anger toward those who’d told him to repress his identity — spilled out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
Is straightening your hair a form of self-hatred?
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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