Definition of Self-accusation

1. Noun. An admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be.

Exact synonyms: Self-condemnation
Generic synonyms: Confession, Accusal, Accusation

Medical Definition of Self-accusation

1. A common psychiatric symptom, encountered most characteristically in agitated depression. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-accusation

seles
seletracetam
self
self-
self-abased
self-abnegating
self-abnegation
self-absorbed
self-absorption
self-abusers
self-acceptance
self-accusation (current term)
self-acting
self-activating
self-adapting program
self-addressed
self-adjoint
self-adjointness
self-advancement
self-aggrandising
self-aggrandizement
self-aggrandizing
self-analysis
self-annihilation
self-appointed

Literary usage of Self-accusation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1887)
"self-accusation, of Helena, Alfa Well that Ende Well, M. S; of Malcolm, Macbeth, iv. ... Selfaccusation ..."

2. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"Cases of Self-Accusation. § 350. me Cases Prove to be Psychoses. PATHOLOGICAL LYING AND ACCUSATION. § 344. Definition: — Pathological lying is falsification ..."

3. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"Definition. § 345. Characteristics. § 346. Formative Personal Experiences. § 347. Prognosis. § 348. Illustrative Cases. § 349. Cases of Self-Accusation. ..."

4. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"Cases of Self-Accusation. § 350. Some Cases Prove to be Psychoses. PATHOLOGICAL LYING AND ACCUSATION. § 344. Definition: — Pathological lying is ..."

5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"If the Fifth Amendment is intended to grant to the person complete immunity against all the consequences of self-accusation of crime, irrespective of the ..."

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