noun
Meaning 1
The hatred of oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
self-hatred
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noun
Meaning 2
Disrespect or disdain for one’s own demographic (but not necessarily oneself).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
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noun
Meaning 3
shame resulting from strong dislike of yourself or your actions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-disgust
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shame
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English hatred English self-hatred From self- + hatred.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: autoodi — hatred of oneself
- Danish: selvhad — hatred of oneself
- Finnish: itseinho — hatred of oneself
- Finnish: itseviha — hatred of oneself
- French: la haine de soi — hatred of oneself
- Georgian: თვითსიძულვილი (tvitsiʒulvili) — hatred of oneself
- German: Selbsthass — hatred of oneself
- Hungarian: öngyűlölet — hatred of oneself
- Icelandic: sjálfshatur — hatred of oneself
- Japanese: 自己嫌悪 (jiko ken'o) — hatred of oneself
- Norwegian Bokmål: selvhat — hatred of oneself
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølvhat — hatred of oneself
- Polish: samonienawiść — hatred of oneself
- Portuguese: ódio a si (mesmo) — hatred of oneself
- Portuguese: auto-ódio — hatred of oneself
- Russian: самоне́нависть (samonénavistʹ) — hatred of oneself
- Spanish: auto-odio — hatred of oneself
- Swedish: självhat — hatred of oneself
- Turkish: kendine olan nefret — hatred of oneself