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self-despair

noun

Etymology

From self- + despair.

  1. derived from despero
  2. derived from desperer
  3. derived from despeir
  4. inherited from dispeir
  5. prefixed as self-despair — “self + despair”

Definitions

  1. Despair about oneself or one's own actions or behaviour.

    • Her flame […] soared after some illimitable satisfaction, which would reconcile self-despair with the rapturous consciousness of life beyond self.
    • Tripping herself up with sadder and more and more neurotic acts of self-despair.

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