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Examples of flagellation
flagellation
Claire's first up to serve her food, garnished, as ever, with self-flagellation.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
Canyon tempered its self-flagellation with enthusiasm about its market outlook.
From the bloomberg.com
I'm saying it's a mistake to call guilt and self flagellation a lesson learned.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
But in recent years self-criticism had been veering towards self-flagellation.
From the economist.com
In most cultures, flagellation disappeared from mainstream Christian life in time.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's self-flagellation of the type rejected by even Opus Dei, says The Australian.
From the themercury.com.au
That includes a propensity for self-examination that borders on self-flagellation.
From the sacbee.com
This mood of self-criticism is in serious danger of turning into self-flagellation.
From the economist.com
I shall practise self flagellation henceforth when I catch myself doing this.
From the economist.com
- Beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
- Whipping: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- (flagellated) flagellate: having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
- Flagellation or flogging is the act of methodically beating or whipping (Latin flagellum, "whip") the human body. Specialised implements for it include rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails and the sjambok. ...
- Erotic spanking is the act of spanking another person for the sexual arousal or gratification of either or both parties. ...
- The Flagellation of Christ, sometimes known as Christ at the Column or the Scourging at the Pillar, is a scene from the Passion of Christ very frequently shown in Christian art, in cycles of the Passion or the larger subject of the Life of Christ. ...
- A beating consisting in lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as (in principle implement-precise) a whipping or scourging
- (flagellated) Mobile, propelled by a whip-like "tail".
- The history of the whip, rod, and stick, as instruments of punishment and of
