self-abasement
Example Sentences
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Homo Sovieticus displayed self-abasement, passivity in the face of authority and extreme conformity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
She cites an online tendency among women to wield the word as a tool of self-abasement — “I’m a mess, I choose chaos.”
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2025
Strong, as we know from his portrayal of Kendall Roy on “Succession,” has a talent for self-abasement.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
Then again, self-abasement is nothing new for Mr. McCarthy.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2021
There—and note the nice rising tricolon at the very outset— you can see a precise shaping of the speaker’s relationship with the audience, and a fastidious, slightly bogus, self-abasement.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
