Meaning of self-betrayal | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of betraying oneself.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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