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Definition of Self-accusation
1. Noun. An admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be.
Medical Definition of Self-accusation
1. A common psychiatric symptom, encountered most characteristically in agitated depression. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-accusation
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 ..."