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self-betrayal en · NOUN

Etymology

From self- + betrayal.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of betraying oneself.
   • There are all kinds of motivators for our tiny self-betrayals, some of which are even well-intended, but they are almost always at our expense. 2024 March 13, Ashley Janssen, “Part 1: Burnout Is A Thousand Tiny Self-Betrayals”, in Ashley Janssen:
   • At its heart, the story is fairly familiar from prizefight fiction, one of betrayal - and self-betrayal - in which a once-promising athlete confronts his failure. 1988 August 27, Mel Gussow, “Review/Theater; A Fading Prizefighter Confronts His Facade”, in The New York Times:

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