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Recent Examples of self-betrayal
But when devotion is self-betrayal, what then? • When devotion is self-betrayal,
the body knows.
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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
Combatting machine mindset begins with ending self-betrayal and honoring your intuition and your needs as a human being.
—Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
And changing yourself isn’t inherently self-betrayal.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024
This can contribute to feelings of low self-worth, self-betrayal and even anxiety or depression.
—Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
What mattered more was always the creativity and abjection with which the contestants approached his personal challenge: Prove your loyalty through self-betrayal.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
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
Combatting machine mindset begins with ending self-betrayal and honoring your intuition and your needs as a human being.
—Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
And changing yourself isn’t inherently self-betrayal.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024
This can contribute to feelings of low self-worth, self-betrayal and even anxiety or depression.
—Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
What mattered more was always the creativity and abjection with which the contestants approached his personal challenge: Prove your loyalty through self-betrayal.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-betrayal
Noun
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That is, the rule that when a priest hears a confession, it cannot be shared.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Many have since speculated that Kim created it in her efforts to blackmail Lee, and that the police later leaked it to pressure him into a confession.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Lori Quigley, whose mother attended the school for 10 years, expected more than just an acknowledgment and a mea culpa.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
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Eighty years since the end of World War II, Amsterdam’s mayor apologized for the city’s role in the persecution of its Jewish residents during the Holocaust, in a rare acknowledgment of a collective moral failure by a city leader.—
Mujib Mashal,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
Noun
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The bandmembers, by their own admission, have focused heavily on group activities until now, even though several of them have also put out solo releases over the past decade.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2025
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Show entry is included with $18 garden admission; $15 for military, students, ages 60 and older; $10 for ages 3 to 17; and free for younger than 3 and for garden members.—
Encinitas Advocate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Centered around the values of individuality, diversity and authenticity, this mantra resonated deeply with young consumers’ desires for both identity expression and style affirmation.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
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That kind of affirmation becomes fuel for your people not just to stay in the game but to put points on the board.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Noun
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The declaration enables Washington County to expedite emergency response efforts and request resources from the state and federal government.—
Miceala Morano,
Arkansas Online,
20 May 2025
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And while the official declaration depends on indicators such as GDP, employment figures and economic activity, CFOs are already preparing.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Noun
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One professor challenged that reasoning, which Casas repeated during the panel on Wednesday, telling the police chief that for students with fragile immigration statuses, being detained by university police would feel like a betrayal.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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In the aftermath, Mahnaz will be forced to confront betrayal and loss, and to embark on a quest for justice.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
Noun
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That guilt can deepen the cycle, turning what started as self-care into self-reproach.—
Christine Michel Carter,
Parents,
20 May 2025
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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
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“Self-betrayal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-betrayal. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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