Sentence examples for negative conscience from inspiring English sources

Not only his shadow, as Boyle says, but something like his negative conscience, the part of his mind which will not tolerate the Wertherian sentimentality of the rest.

The latter appeared most often in cases where there were perceptions of negative social evaluation, guilty conscience and/or poor self-image/esteem.

While revenue and award had the expected positive sign, the variable of conscience had a negative influence, i.e. the more people agreed with the statement that "In case of non-compliance they feel uncomfortable even if no one knows about it", the less likely they were to regret that the Smiley scheme was cancelled.

And that's not the only downside; there are plenty more negatives to contend with: the dulling of your conscience, the torment and agonising pain of withdrawal, dealing with the negative opinions of others, handling a fucked up sleeping pattern and how it can lead to the absolute obliteration of important, meaningful relationships.

These can be expressed as questions that politicians favoring the policies should, in good conscience, be able to answer in the negative in order to maintain -- credibly -- that enacting them would be morally defensible.

There can be no doubt that if these so-called "conscience protection" provisions become law it will have negative consequences on unit morale, discipline and overall military readiness.

And with regard to conscience, it states that: "The education of conscience is indispensable for human beings who are subjected to negative influences and tempted by sin to prefer their own judgment and to reject authoritative teachings".

When negative images of your country become part of a global popular culture, subconsciously guilt becomes a part of the national conscience.

Watchdog, gadfly, conscience, irritant.

His conscience pounces: "Aha!

"Conscience" is indefinable.