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sense of shame

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sense of shame, sense of dutynoun

    a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility

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  1. sense of shame

    A sense of shame is a feeling or emotion typically characterized by an intense awareness of guilt, embarrassment, or disgrace. It often arises from the consciousness or awareness of doing something morally wrong or dishonorable, or failing to meet societal or personal standards. The sense of shame can also be triggered by public embarrassment or humiliation, and it's associated with a negative evaluation of oneself.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sense of shame in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sense of shame in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sense of shame in a Sentence

  1. Actress Laura Benanti:

    The pain of losing a pregnancy is hard enough, but we’re only as sick as our secrets and having to keep quiet about something so painful, to me, is an unnecessary source of added pain, i felt a sense of shame.

  2. John Githongo:

    What we don't have here is that sense of shame, people remain in office even though they have manifestly lost public confidence.

  3. Nicola Pocock:

    Male survivors tend to feel a crushing sense of shame that they, as breadwinners, come back with nothing, a lot of them return to poor rural areas and find limited job opportunities, which is why they migrated in the first place.

  4. Greg Valliere:

    Of course they want to be on the winning side, but I think there's almost a sense of shame over getting in bed with Trump. If business wants to take a shower and cleanse themselves, I'll happily focus on this change of attitude rather than any self-serving motives.

  5. Linda Kay Klein:

    The fictions I had learned in church haunted me, i thought if you were in a hot tub and someone ejaculated, [ sperm ] would somehow get over to you. Sex created such a sense of shame that not only could I not have [ it ], I had nightmares and constant nagging thoughts of how far we had gone sexually.


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