self-abasement
Example Sentences
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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.”
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
The 14th-century saint Catherine of Siena is famous for drinking the pus of a woman’s open sore in an act of holy self-abasement.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021
Then again, self-abasement is nothing new for Mr. McCarthy.
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2021
Sometimes he thought of Antonapoulos with awe and self-abasement, sometimes with pride—always with love unchecked by criticism, freed of will.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
