Self-recrimination

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The practice or habit of recriminating against oneself, of blaming or censuring oneself. uncountable

    "This is not the kind of play where the homosexual kills himself at the end of the third act or is left to live in eternal guilt and self-recrimination. If anything, the love between Jed and Ken seems to be the most normal and stable force in the whole play."

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"This is not the kind of play where the homosexual kills himself at the end of the third act or is left to live in eternal guilt and self-recrimination. If anything, the love between Jed and Ken seems to be the most normal and stable force in the whole play."

Etymology

From self- + recrimination.

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