" martyr "

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1: 1- Person who suffers or dies for a belief, idea or cause.

  * e.g.,  ... Despite reddit admin's current opression and censorship on loli content, Holofan4life rose up and was unjustly permanently banned. Loved by all, his ban has brought much distraught to the community. He has indeed become a true martyr. 

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2: 2-(Figuratively) Person who suffers mistreatment

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3: 3-/u/Holofan4life

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1:  One who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce religious principles.

  * e.g.,  ... Accidently like a martyr -Warren Zevon 

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2:  One who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause, or principle.

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3: A great show of suffering in order to arouse sympathy.

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4: To inflict great pain on.

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1: A martyr is a person who dies fighting for what they believe in. A martyr can either kill themselves or be killed.

  * e.g.,  ... Martin Luther King is a martyr as he died defending black peoples rights 

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2: In the 19th Century, a woman in England named Emily Davison (A member of the suffragette party) becamame a matryr after killing herself by jumping infront of horses at the "Epson Derby".

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3: Martyrs gain a lot of sympathy by the public for preforming such an act which is one of the main contributing factors as to why they do it in the first place.

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1: Someone who purposely takes on extra duties or unpleasant activity for the sake of attention and being able to complain about it.

  * e.g.,  ...  Eli always volunteers to work late and then complains about it. He is such a martyr. 

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1: A person whose life is so empty that they live to use their self-sacrifice as a weapon against you. In their neuropathological state they believe that by doing so this places them above you, whether intellectually, socially, financially etc.

  * e.g.,  ... Joe: "It's OK John, I don't mind cleaning up all your crap & covering for you while you go home early... again." 

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2: A martyr always suffers from the 'Christ-Complex' a neurotic crusade (psychosis) that they feel empowers their otherwise meaningless & miserable existence.

  * e.g.,  ... John: "Aw... you're a real FRIEND Joe! Thanks. How can my sick wife & I ever repay you? 

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3: Main weapons in the arsenal of the martyr include:

  * e.g.,  ... later.... 

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4: Typical:

  * e.g.,  ... Manager: "Are you STILL here Joe? Jeez, you're such a MARTYR" 

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5: The guilt trip ( www.urbandictionary.com )

  * e.g.,  ... Joe: "Yeah, I'm not feeling so good boss, but we're so short-staffed, what with JOHN GOING HOME EARLY that I thought I'd better stay & PICK UP ALL HIS SHIT... AGAIN. 

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6: Atypical:

  * e.g.,  ... later.... 

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7: High explosives & nails. ( def:nailbomb www.urbandictionary.com )

  * e.g.,  ... John: "Hey boss, how are things at the office?" 

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8: Chances are that we ALL know a martyr. See if you can spot which of your 'friends' or work 'colleagues' is one.

  * e.g.,  ... Manager: "Better now that Joe has replaced you" "Did I mention that YOU'RE FIRED?" 

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1:  A person who seeks out and/or nurtures conflict within their life.

  * e.g.,  ...  Mary bought her husband a lifetime pass to Fantasy Football Camp, even though she hates football and hates when he leaves the house for a long time. She yells at him all the time because he goes. She's such a martyr. 

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2:  A person who creates drama in their life where there was none before.

  * e.g.,  ...  Bob always takes my comments the wrong way. Why, just the other day I said his tie looked nice, and he said, "Nice? Why not great? Do you think it's ugly? Why do you hate my clothes? Why do you hate me?" Then he told everyone I was rude to him. What a martyr! 

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3: Often describes an attention whore or a pity whore, who find pleasure in lording their pain over others and garnering support because of it. A martyr seeks out and revels in personal conflict so as to have an excuse to be angry.

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1: Someone who dies for nothing.

  * e.g.,  ... Being a martyr shows how much religion can be a waste of time and harmful to the individual. 

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1: VERB: The act of seeking sympathy and attention by exaggerating pain on your social media pages.

  * e.g.,  ... Did you see Cindy's page? What a leftist? She is martyring her political opinions. Where is the barf bag? 

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1: A selfless, arrogant, mislead, knowledge lacking, sad excuse for human life. One who takes their life that has been so amazingly giving to them and defiles its name by slandering it through the use of religion and dies in religions name claiming that their way is absolutely the right way. A closed minded fool who deserves nothing more than to deteriorate in the dirt as soon as possible... In simple terms a waist of time and life.

  * e.g.,  ... Jesus Christ is the most famous martyr known in America. His self sacrifice was an example of stupidity and those who would be changed by his existence deserve death immediately go kill yourself. 

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1: A selfless, arrogant, mislead, knowledge lacking, sad excuse for human life. One who takes their life that has been so amazingly giving to them and defiles its name by slandering it through the use of religion and dies in religions name claiming that their way is absolutely the right way. A closed minded fool who deserves nothing more than to deteriorate in the dirt as soon as possible... In simple terms a waist of time and life.

  * e.g.,  ... Jesus Christ is the most famous martyr known in America. His self sacrifice was an example of stupidity and those who would be changed by his existence deserve death immediately go kill yourself.