🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

haine de soi

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɛn də swa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Self-Hate/sɛlf heɪt/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Elle a lutté contre sa haine de soi pendant des années."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A feeling of intense dislike or hatred towards oneself.

    "Her struggles with self-hate made it difficult for her to accept compliments."
  2. 2

    A psychological condition characterized by negative self-perception and self-criticism.

    "The therapist addressed his self-hate as a barrier to his personal growth."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'self-hate' combines 'self', derived from Old English 'seolf', meaning 'one's own person', and 'hate', from Old English 'hatian', meaning 'to hate'. The concept has evolved in psychological discourse to describe a profound dislike or contempt for oneself, often linked to issues of self-esteem and identity.

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