self-betrayal
self-betrayal noun: the act of betraying oneself.
Noun
self-betrayal (countable and uncountable, plural self-betrayals)
- The act of betraying oneself.
- At its heart, the story is fairly familiar from prizefight fiction, one of betrayal - and self-betrayal - in which a once-promising athlete confronts his failure.1988 August 27, Mel Gussow, “Review/Theater; A Fading Prizefighter Confronts His Facade”, in The New York Times
- There are all kinds of motivators for our tiny self-betrayals, some of which are even well-intended, but they are almost always at our expense.2024 March 13, Ashley Janssen, “Part 1: Burnout Is A Thousand Tiny Self-Betrayals”, in Ashley Janssen
self-betrayal meaning in Hindi and Tamil
self-betrayal in Hindi
- self-betrayal, self-hatred
- आत्मद्रोह ātmadroh
self-betrayal in Tamil
- தன்னைத்தான் காட்டிக்கொடுத்தல், தன் உணர்ச்சி வெளிப்படுத்தி விடல்
Forms of self-betrayal
| plural | self-betrayals |
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Origin of self-betrayal
From self- + betrayal.
Questions about self-betrayal
- What does self-betrayal mean?
- Self-betrayal means the act of betraying oneself.
- What is self-betrayal in Hindi?
- Self-betrayal in Hindi is आत्मद्रोह (ātmadroh). See Self-betrayal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is self-betrayal?
- Self-betrayal is a noun.
- What is the plural of self-betrayal?
- The plural of self-betrayal is self-betrayals.
Words near self-betrayal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-betrayal (page history and authors); आत्मद्रोह (Hindi) (page history and authors); self-betrayal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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