Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-beration

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: self--ber-a-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Beratement of oneself.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"However, this self-beration had little effect on her eyes as, with a will of their own, they touched on the curve of his lips."
"There are a few things that I have always found helpful when I am reflecting upon where I am, without it degenerating into a futile exercise in narcissistic navel-gazing or self-beration."
"Writing in a post-Waterloo culture that repudiated the trappings of usurping authority and revolutionary time, Austen depicts Sir Walter as the perfect example of a subject born out of ressentiment, affectively retreading the ground of the past with an impotent self-beration that props up his calcified sense of prestige."

Etymology

From self- + beration.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does self-beration mean?: Beratement of oneself.
Where does self-beration come from?: From self- + beration.

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