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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesauto-apitoiement
Pronunciation / Transliteration: o-to-a-pi-twa-man
"Il est tombé dans l'auto-apitoiement après sa défaite."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A feeling of sorrow for one's own misfortunes.
"After losing the game, he fell into a state of self-pity, unable to see the positives." - 2
An excessive focus on one's own troubles, often leading to a lack of empathy for others.
"Her self-pity prevented her from recognizing the struggles of her friends."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'self-pity' combines 'self', derived from Old English 'seolf', meaning 'one's own person', and 'pity', which comes from the Latin 'pietas', meaning 'piety' or 'compassion'. The phrase evolved in the English language to denote a feeling of sorrow for oneself, particularly in contexts of perceived unfairness or hardship.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Self-Pity" is said worldwide
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auto-apitoiement
Transliteration: o-to-a-pi-twa-man
"Il est tombé dans l'auto-apitoiement après sa défaite."
Selbstmitleid
Transliteration: Zelbst-mit-lid
"Nach dem Verlust war er in Selbstmitleid versunken."
autocommiserazione
Transliteration: auto-kom-mi-ze-ra-tsjo-ne
"La sua autocommiserazione lo isolava dagli altri."
autocompasión
Transliteration: auto-com-pa-sjon
"Se sumió en la autocompasión tras el fracaso."
autocompaixão
Transliteration: auto-com-pai-xao
"Ele caiu na autocompaixão após a perda."
स्वयं-दया
Transliteration: svayam-daya
"उसने अपनी हार के बाद स्वयं-दया में डूब गया।"
自怜
Transliteration: zì-lián
"他在失败后陷入了自怜。"
자기 연민
Transliteration: jagi yeonmin
"그는 패배 후 자기 연민에 빠졌다."
自己憐憫
Transliteration: jiko renbin
"彼は敗北後に自己憐憫に陥った。"
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