self-accusation

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Recent Examples of self-accusation This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern. Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-accusation
Noun
  • While fielding applause at her Symphony Center show on Friday, harpist Brandee Younger made a dazed confession.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
  • His confession leads to heartbreak, betrayal and other unexpected turmoil.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But when devotion is self-betrayal, what then? • When devotion is self-betrayal, the body knows.
    Patrycja Humienik, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • This self-betrayal reduces your ability to engage in an unself-conscious, fully authentic way.
    Liz Kislik, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Their jobs—which may involve stabbing, shooting, or strangling, as well as betrayals and avowals of loyalty, and locking bodies in car trunks for later disposal—may be slightly stressful at times, but the effects are temporary.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 30 July 2024
  • The finale gave us a pretty thrilling cliffhanger: an airborne dragon duel, the killing of a young prince, avowals of all-out war.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 14 June 2024
Noun
  • The competitive college admissions process continues.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Tickets are also available in various multi-day configurations that include admission to Universal Orlando’s other parks.
    Adrian Ruhi, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Orsolya is apparently wracked with feelings of complicity, though the film, which is made up mainly of extended shots of her conversations with other people, questions the sincerity of her self-reproach against a backdrop of ethnic tension and neoliberal sprawl in Romania.
    Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Amanda’s self-reproach expresses a depressed national mood.
    Armond White, National Review, 10 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • The normalization of hearing protection represents a maturation of festival culture—an acknowledgment that the best experiences are those that can be repeated sustainably throughout a lifetime.
    Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Read: The biggest disruption in the history of American education Without sufficient acknowledgment of the harms of school closures, or adequate planning for unwinding this intervention, officials showed that their decisions to close were simply reactive rather than carefully considered.
    David Zweig, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Many organizations enthusiastically profess their core values in polished annual reports and elegant lobby displays, but those declarations remain hollow if leaders fail to embody them during critical moments.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The declaration comes after advocacy group American Oversight raised concerns that the settings on some officials’ phones might have triggered the messages to autodelete despite a federal requirement that the communications be preserved.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • By Jenna Ryu April 2, 2025 Collage: Self; Source Images: Smash Kitchen, Mat Hayward/Getty Images Forget words of affirmation.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 2 Apr. 2025
  • There’s also the apartment’s construction, to something of an affirmation of the value of art to individuals and communities.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Self-accusation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-accusation. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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