self-abasement love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Degradation or humiliation of oneself, especially because of feelings of guilt or inferiority.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Abasement or humiliation proceeding from guilt, shame, or consciousness of unworthiness.
  • noun Degradation of one's self by one's own act.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
  • noun Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Self-punishment in order to atone for some real or imagined wrongdoing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

self- + abase + -ment, equivalent to self- +‎ abasement

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Examples

  • It's a tribute to the filmmakers' verve that they've kept the sex scenes funny—extremely funny—since what we're seeing is sheer self-abasement.

    'Bridesmaids' Catches the Bouquet Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • It was as if they wanted to punish me for not falling over in praise of the self-abasement they wanted me to portray as their muse, or something.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • If Gervais has the biggest head in comedy, Merchant now establishes himself as the king of self-abasement.

    Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies – review 2011

  • It was as if they wanted to punish me for not falling over in praise of the self-abasement they wanted me to portray as their muse, or something.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • It was as if they wanted to punish me for not falling over in praise of the self-abasement they wanted me to portray as their muse, or something.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • Europe's self-abasement comes just weeks after the last round of Eurozone crisis mismanagement.

    Europe Doesn't Need China's Money Philip Bowring 2011

  • Or inspire some awful comparison bug that would cause us all to sink into a miserable heap of self-abasement?

    Whoa. Wait a Second. A Decade? Really? I Didn’t Even Realize… « Looking for Roots 2009

  • It was as if they wanted to punish me for not falling over in praise of the self-abasement they wanted me to portray as their muse, or something.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • Appeasement and compromise will turn enemies into friends, if groveling and self-abasement do not first drive friends into the enemy camp.

    Farewell to America's China Station 2010

  • Audacity often brought rewards; self-abasement seldom did.

    red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

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