self-flagellation

“You don’t call self-flagellation a form of pride?”

Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

“You don’t call self-flagellation a form of pride?”

Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

In their modern forms, the noble Western traditions of self-assessment and self-criticism have often degraded into sentimental self-flagellation.

The Roots of Europe's Cultural Masochism Frits Bolkestein 2011

Even voters who are not directly impoverished by the cuts and who know the boom was unsustainable everyone sort of knew will tolerate only so much collective self-flagellation before soothing themselves with nostalgia.

The coalition counts on blaming Labour for everything. Bad move| Rafael Behr 2011

ÂNow, men, young and old, were participating in Zanjir Matam, self-flagellation with chains.

Mark Kalch: Walking on a Dream -- Alone Across Iran, Part 2 Mark Kalch 2011

Worse, it is linked to imperialism, having provided Europeans with the justification for their far-flung conquests in centuries past—and, these days, for endless self-flagellation.

Hidden Treasure Henrik Bering 2011

Otherwise your unfailing commitment will only lead to self-flagellation.

Dyane Jean François: New Year, New You: How To Make Your Resolutions Work Dyane Jean François 2011

A little self-flagellation isn't going to hurt you.

Banging My Head Against the Garage Door of Religion Con Chapman 2011

Otherwise your unfailing commitment will only lead to self-flagellation.

Dyane Jean François: New Year, New You: How To Make Your Resolutions Work Dyane Jean François 2011

A 98% on a test was not good enough, and there'd be a goodly bit of self-flagellation there.

Thor's Day intelligentrix 2009