unashamed
English
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Pronunciation
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[edit]unashamed (not comparable)
- feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
- 1862, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Vivien”, in The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, page 266:
- And smiling as a Master smiles at one / That is not of his school, nor any school / But that where blind and naked Ignorance / Delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, / On all things all day long ; he answer’d her.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- "How else shall we go back unashamed to our women?"
- 1990 September 1, Norma Romano-Benner, “Shaping the ’90s”, in Americas[1]:
- There is a similarity between the dynamics of the streets of New York and the dynamics of a Latin American plaza. Menendez suggests that they both capture a fascination with fashion, the appreciation for that which is done merely for effect, its unashamed desire to squander it all.
- 2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian[2]:
- Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.
Usage notes
[edit]The term unashamed is often synonymous with shameless. There is an important difference, however. Whereas shameless always implies disapproval, unashamed per se is non-judgemental; it can also be used when the speaker approves of the absence of shame (“we must be unashamed to stand up for our faith”).
Derived terms
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[edit]feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
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