hate
verb (used with object)
to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest.
self-hate
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a word derived from
hate.
Example Sentences
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She and I were so similar that whatever self-doubt or self-hate she had, she seemed to put it on me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
History, at its best, is not a weapon for the work of national shame or self-hate.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2024
"It shows the deep self-hate that we as black South Africans carry with us."
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
Waters’ antipathy toward C.J., much like John Claggart’s hostility toward Billy Budd, has a strong element of self-hate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2023
This awareness can lead beyond shame to a place of self-hate.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
