Self-betrayal
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of betraying oneself. countable, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From self- + betrayal.
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