Self-despair

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Despair about oneself or one's own actions or behaviour. uncountable

    "Her flame […] soared after some illimitable satisfaction, which would reconcile self-despair with the rapturous consciousness of life beyond self."

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"Her flame […] soared after some illimitable satisfaction, which would reconcile self-despair with the rapturous consciousness of life beyond self."

Etymology

From self- + despair.

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