self-recrimination

English

Etymology

self- + recrimination

Noun

self-recrimination (uncountable)

  1. The practice or habit of recriminating against oneself, of blaming or censuring oneself.
    • 1978 August 19, Kevin Warren, “A Flawless Production”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 15:
      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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