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self-hating

self-hating adjective: exhibiting self-hatred; feeling hatred toward oneself.

Adjective

self-hating (comparative more self-hating, superlative most self-hating)

  1. Exhibiting self-hatred; feeling hatred toward oneself.
    • When Tim Kinsella, of the pioneering indie rock groups Cap’n Jazz and Joan of Arc, wrote a scathingly sarcastic editorial in the emo-centric magazine Alternative Press imploring every band inside to break up, Bemis bristled at Kinsella’s cynicism, calling him a “self-hating emophobe” in a letter to...2006 November 2, August Brown, “Don’t get comfortable around them”, in Los Angeles Times
    • Online and over Shabbat dinners, arguments about the election have grown bitter. Those grudgingly planning to vote for Labour have been called traitors to the community and self-hating Jews. Anti-Corbyn die-hards, on the other hand, have been branded the handmaidens of a hard Brexit.2019 November 21, Benjamin Mueller, “At Odds With Labour, Britain's Jews Are Feeling Politically Homeless”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

Synonyms of self-hating

Forms of self-hating

comparativemore self-hating
superlativemost self-hating

Origin of self-hating

From self- + hating. First use appears c. 1612 in the work Great Brittans Mourning Garment, of anonymous authorship.

Words formed from self-hating

Phrases with self-hating

Questions about self-hating

What does self-hating mean?
Self-hating means exhibiting self-hatred; feeling hatred toward oneself.
What part of speech is self-hating?
Self-hating is an adjective.

Words near self-hating in the dictionary

  1. self-harmers
  2. self-harming
  3. self-harms
  4. self-hate
  5. self-hateful
  6. self-hating
  7. self-hating Jew
  8. self-hating Jews
  9. self-hatred
  10. self-hatreds
  11. self-heal

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