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self-abasement

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She cites an online tendency among women to wield the word as a tool of self-abasement — “I’m a mess, I choose chaos.”

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After all, the look requires doing everything wrong, in a way so thorough that self-abasement seems a big part of the point.

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But they all are based on the false promise that self-abasement before men is a woman's happiness.

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Strong, as we know from his portrayal of Kendall Roy on “Succession,” has a talent for self-abasement.

Facing incessant doubts about his fitness for office, Mr. Walker tried self-abasement.

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