Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Contempt for one's self.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a feeling of
contempt foroneself
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Examples
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It becomes a basis for self-contempt, with consequences that follow us for decades.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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It becomes a basis for self-contempt, with consequences that follow us for decades.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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Girlfriends and wives are usually the handiest target on which they project this self-contempt, but "females" (I never once heard "women" used in prison -- too respectful) can at least leverage sex, earning power, maternity and other men into the equation.
Mark Olmsted: Horror in the Bronx: How They Could Have Done It Mark Olmsted 2010
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She knew how all of us, in a fit of real temper, will destroy the things we love most out of self-contempt turned outward, so was unwilling to paint either Marvin or herself into a corner with an ultimatum.
Chris Crutcher: Bullying Chris Crutcher 2011
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Girlfriends and wives are usually the handiest target on which they project this self-contempt, but "females" (I never once heard "women" used in prison -- too respectful) can at least leverage sex, earning power, maternity and other men into the equation.
Mark Olmsted: Horror in the Bronx: How They Could Have Done It Mark Olmsted 2010
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It becomes a basis for self-contempt, with consequences that follow us for decades.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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If we do slip or fall short of our mindful eating goals, it is important not to fall down the rabbit hole by lapsing into old negative self-judgment, self-contempt or self-hatred.
Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.: Mindful Reframing: A Pre-Diet Plan Ph.D. Ronald Alexander 2011
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Plus he had to write for money and no matter how hard he tried he didn't make enough of it and that alternately enraged him and demoralized him but always gave him grounds for self-contempt.
O Youth and Beauty! 2009
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It becomes a basis for self-contempt, with consequences that follow us for decades.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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She knew how all of us, in a fit of real temper, will destroy the things we love most out of self-contempt turned outward, so was unwilling to paint either Marvin or herself into a corner with an ultimatum.
Chris Crutcher: Bullying Chris Crutcher 2011
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