martyr

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Even if someone DID think it a big enough deal, it's not easy to be a martyr.

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Quick take

one who suffers for the sake of principle

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of martyr gathered in one view.

noun

one who suffers for the sake of principle

noun

one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

verb

kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for martyr.

noun

one who suffers for the sake of principle

noun

one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

verb

kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred"

verb

torture and torment like a martyr

Example sentences

Even if someone DID think it a big enough deal, it's not easy to be a martyr.

Implication: "He is setting himself up as some kind of martyr!

"I had sympathy yesterday, but this is turning in to hero martyr worship.

"Don't be evil" doesn't mean sit back and get sued to oblivion by your competitors like a selfless martyr.

Here is a profile of a martyr who fought with his camera to show the world his life[2].What does this have to do with copyright?

More interested in what being and seeing a martyr does to people than in saving his devoted servants from the flames.

I feel for this guy - people can't understand that what he wants is "Life his way" and not to be a martyr to society burning his happiness to solve up equations.

Honing in on one aspect of Manning's actions does not justify making him a martyr or painting this trial as purely an assault on the First Amendment.

Think of it from the executives perspective:Option A: keep mouth shut, make a shit ton of moneyOption B: become a martyr, face prison timePeople like Snowden are rare.

But if you're willing to put yourself in harm's way and essentially become a martyr to get these security vulnerabilities fixed, more power to you.

Considering you're commenting on HN, not languishing in prison, I can only guess that you find the prospect of such martyrdom much less appealing than your comment seems to indicate.

His previous coworkers had sent the police to his house six years ago after a suicide scare[1].I don't understand how you've come to the conclusion that he's a martyr for his cause because he killed himself.

I think you're supposed to exploit the vulnerability in relatively innocuous but deeply disturbing ways, get banned, then complain about how you only meant well, then be lauded on Hacker News as a martyr who should have been embraced by the hacked company.

Just because someone is friends with journalists and people like Lessig does not imply that that person's tragic death is the subject, much less the proper subject, for a public debate, unless of course what we're really talking about is a self-styled internet "high society" that wants to turn one of its own into a martyr.