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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009Word for soeone who hates them self.
Hi! Does anyone know the word for someone who dislikes/hates/loathes them self? I know that narcissistic is someone who loves them self but I am looking for the opposite. Thanks! Engelkott skrev: > Does anyone know the word for someone who dislikes/hates/loathes them > self? Egofobic?  SignatureBertel http://bertel.lundhansen.dk/ FIDUSO: http://fiduso.dk/ > Hi! > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks! Sorry I can't help at the moment. I'm depressed, anxious and unsettled because found this funny and I don't know anyone I can send it to: Renault & Ford are working together to build a small car. They are using the Renault Clio & the Ford Taurus as a basis for the new zippy little car, the Clitaurus. The car comes in pink, with or without fur on the dash ... Hate? Loathe? Mmm no; a little dislike, perhaps. SignatureFrank ess Not a hijacker that often Frank ess skrev: > Renault & Ford are working together to build a small car. Do you know the joke about Skoda and Fiat? SignatureBertel http://bertel.lundhansen.dk/ FIDUSO: http://fiduso.dk/ > Does anyone know the word for someone who dislikes/hates/loathes > them self? One would expect a mis(o)- word for it in Greek, but my Greek dictionary does not reveal one. Perhaps it would have been "misautos", becoming "misaut" in English, but the OED does not reveal that any Anglophone has presumed to invent it. Signature--- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: The one who loses an auction is called the winner, and the :|| ||: one who wins is called the auctioneer. :|| > Hi! > > Does anyone know the word for someone who > dislikes/hates/loathes them self? "Petey Daniels." Also, "autophobe." Signature~~~ Reinhold {Rey} Aman ~~~ Reinhold {Rey} Aman (in alt.usage.english): >> Hi! >> >> Does anyone know the word for someone who >> dislikes/hates/loathes them self? > Also, "autophobe." Did you build that word in analogy to "xenophobe", or from experience that "autophobe" is used with that meaning? Normally "-phob-" doesn't refer to hate/dislike, but to fear, and that meaning (in this case "fear of being alone") seems to be the one used in psychiatry. Joachim > Reinhold {Rey} Aman (in alt.usage.english): >>> Hi! >>> >>> Does anyone know the word for someone who >>> dislikes/hates/loathes them self? >> Also, "autophobe." > Did you build that word in analogy to "xenophobe", or from experience > that "autophobe" is used with that meaning? > Normally "-phob-" doesn't refer to hate/dislike, but to fear, Not normally in general English. > and that meaning (in this case "fear of being alone") seems to be the one > used in psychiatry. Like listing nouns of venery, the construction of names for phobias is something of a palor game. "Monophobia" and "Isolophobia" have also been coined for the meaning you mention. Whether there is really any psychiatric literature to support the more unsual terms is rather beside the point in the same way that citations would ruin the venery game. The most common use in general English seems to be a (perhaps humorous) word for dislike of automobiles. (According to the phobia naming game, the fear of automobiles would be "motorphobia.") SignatureLars Eighner <http://larseighner.com/> usenet@larseighner.com 115 days since Rick Warren prayed over Bush's third term. Obama: No hope, no change, more of the same. Yes, he can, but no, he won't. >Does anyone know the word for someone who dislikes/hates/loathes them >self? > >I know that narcissistic is someone who loves them self but I am >looking for the opposite. Self-hating? Though I must admit I've only seen it used of Jews by Jews, in the phrase "self-hating Jew". SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk >Hi! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I know that narcissistic is someone who loves them self but I am >looking for the opposite. There is probably a technical term but I can't think of it at the moment. The word "self-hater" is sometimes used. It does not seem to be in online dictionaries but these related words are: "selfhate", "selfhating" and "selfhatred". Anyone who understands those would understand "self-hater". SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > Does anyone know the word for someone who dislikes/hates/loathes them > self? > > I know that narcissistic is someone who loves them self but I am > looking for the opposite. SELF HATER meets the purpose, more often seen as the adjective SELF-HATING. SignatureDon Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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