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not me

in the self-system theory of Harry Stack Sullivan, the part of the personified self that is based on past interpersonal experiences evoking overwhelming anxiety, dread, and horror and that may lead to nightmares, emotional crises, and schizophrenic reactions. Compare bad me; good me.

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February 22nd 2025

hate crime

hate crime

violence motivated by hatred or prejudice toward the group to which the victim of the violence belongs. Examples of hate crimes are killing a person because he or she is (or is thought to be) gay and bombing a place of worship of a religious minority.