It’s not the same thing as humility, though we sometimes mistake the one for the other. Some of the marks that psychologists have used to investigate humility are accurate self-perception, other-orientation, openness, low self-focus, and modest self-presentation.Īccurate self-perception doesn’t guarantee humility.
Marks are observable qualities that indicate the presence of humility-either because humility always exhibits the mark, or because the mark is typical for humility. Psychologists who are interested in “measuring” humility use testing instruments to probe for marks of the trait. But Hendrika never ceased to believe in Silvia’s guilt. As family members suspected, the result of a drawn-out and expensive court case exposed the weakness of Hendrika’s case, and Silvia was declared innocent and awarded compensation for the affront to her reputation. But Hendrika dug in her heels and counter-sued Silvia for the horrible domestic crime. Seeing that she needed to rescue her reputation, and having by now the resources to hire a lawyer, Silvia sued Hendrika for libel, hoping that a short court case would bring the facts to light. Nevertheless she continued to spread rumors about Silvia’s supposed delinquency, to the point of seriously tarnishing Silvia’s reputation. Silvia was extremely distressed by the accusation, and she begged Hendrika to help her understand its basis, but Hendrika said it was too painful to discuss. She made a decent living performing around town and giving music lessons. When they were younger, they were a musical duo and performed a bit around town, but then they went their separate ways and Silvia became a world-famous performer, while Hendrika never rose above a certain local renown. Her evidence for the accusation was extremely weak, and some of the more insightful family members suspected that behind it was Hendrika’s envy of Silvia’s success as a performer. Send us feedback.Hendrika accused her sister Silvia of a horrible domestic crime. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'perception.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
2022 That perception doesn’t change a lot with this valiant Netflix adaptation.ĭavid Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022 Quarterback John Colvin might be changing that perception.Īnton Williams, al, 1 Sep. 2022 Yet, a major barrier to intervention is the perception adults hold about Black girls.Īndrea Joseph-mccatty, The Conversation, 1 Sep. 2022 Getting run out of the building by Georgia is going to leave a mark, though, and could color a season-long national perception of Oregon and, to a lesser extent, the Pac-12 at large. 2022 Failure to meet those expectations could turn the perception around him quickly.ĭavid Furones, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022 No matter how many evangelical preachers are caught in love nests, no matter how much un-Jesus-like hatred some of them spew from their pulpits-this perception will never be dislodged.
2022 So this perception of all millennials being superficial, lazy doesn't necessarily hold true. Recent Examples on the Web And this week, in the run-up to releasing a paperback edition of her book, My Body, Ratajkowski has been peppering in a flurry of observations about gender and sexuality, pleasure and power, attention and perception.
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