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self-contempt

noun

Etymology

From self- + contempt.

  1. derived from contemptus — “scorn”
  2. prefixed as self-contempt — “self + contempt”

Definitions

  1. A feeling of contempt toward oneself.

    • [R]egard this Earth / Made multitudinous with thy slaves, whom thou / Requitest for knee-worship, prayer, and praise, / And toil, and hecatombs of broken hearts, / With fear and self-contempt and barren hope.

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