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self-hatred

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ha⋅tred

[hey-trid]
–noun
the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.

Origin:
1125–75; ME; see hate, -red


animosity, detestation, loathing, abomination.


attraction, love.
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self-ha·tred   (sělf'hā'trĭd)
n.  Hatred, disregard, and denigration of oneself.
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Word Origin & History

hatred 
c.1175, from M.E. hate (see hate) + rare suffix -red, from O.E. ræden "state, condition," related to verb rædan "to advise, discuss, rule, read, guess." See read and cf. second element of kindred and proper names Æþelræd and Alfred.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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