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Pronunciation / Transliteration: zìwǒ fǒudìng
"过度地进行自我否定会摧毁信心。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act or an instance of denying or suppressing one's own needs, desires, or existence.
"His chronic self-negation led to a profound sense of loss of identity." - 2
A logical or dialectical process by which a concept or entity contradicts or supersedes itself.
"Hegelian philosophy often explores the self-negation of abstract categories."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the English reflexive prefix 'self-' (from Old English 'silf') and 'negation' (from Latin 'negatio', meaning a denying or saying no). The psychological and philosophical concept evolved in the 19th and 20th centuries through existentialism and psychoanalysis to describe the denial, suppression, or nullification of one's own desires, identity, or needs.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Self-negation" is said worldwide
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auto-négation
Transliteration: o-to-ne-ɡa-sjɔ̃
"L'auto-négation excessive nuit à l'estime de soi."
Selbstverneinung
Transliteration: zɛlbstfɛɐ̯ˌnaɪnʊŋ
"Seine Philosophie basiert auf dem Prinzip der Selbstverneinung."
auto-negazione
Transliteration: aw-to-ne-ɡa-tso-ne
"L'auto-negazione può essere una forma di ascetismo."
auto-negación
Transliteration: aw-to-ne-ɣa-sjon
"La auto-negación constante deteriora la salud mental."
auto-negação
Transliteration: aw-tu-ne-ɡa-sãw
"A auto-negação impede o desenvolvimento pessoal."
आत्म-अस्वीकृति
Transliteration: aatm-asveekriti
"अत्यधिक आत्म-अस्वीकृति मानसिक स्वास्थ्य के लिए हानिकारक है।"
自我否定
Transliteration: zìwǒ fǒudìng
"过度地进行自我否定会摧毁信心。"
자기부정
Transliteration: jagi-bujeong
"지나친 자기부정은 자존감을 낮춘다."
自己否定
Transliteration: jiko hitei
"過度な自己否定は精神的な成長を妨げる。"
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