Definition of "self-contempt" []

• A feeling of contempt for oneself (noun)

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• "Plus he had to write for money and no matter how hard he tried he didn't make enough of it and that alternately enraged him and demoralized him but always gave him grounds for self-contempt."
• "If we do slip or fall short of our mindful eating goals, it is important not to fall down the rabbit hole by lapsing into old negative self-judgment, self-contempt or self-hatred."
• "It becomes a basis for self-contempt, with consequences that follow us for decades."