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betrayal
Sign in to saveAlso known as betraying, betray, backstabbing, backstab, back-stabbing, treachery, stab in the back, stabbing in the back
thumb|The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio (c.1602) shows Judas betraying Jesus. Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. Often betrayal is the act of supporting a rival group, or it is a complete break from previously decided upon or presumed norms by one party from the others. Someone who betrays others is commonly known as a traitor or betrayer.
Betrayal is the breaking of trust or violation of an agreement between people or organizations, which causes emotional and moral damage to the relationship. It can take the form of supporting a rival group or abandoning previously agreed-upon standards, and someone who commits betrayal is called a traitor.
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Research
1,051 papers- Betrayal.The American journal of medicine · 2023Last ECDOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.09.015
- Institutional Betrayal: Who Is Most Vulnerable?Journal of interpersonal violence · 2021Pinciotti CM, Orcutt HKDOI: 10.1177/0886260518802850
- Institutional betrayal.ReviewThe American psychologist · 2014Smith CP, Freyd JJDOI: 10.1037/a0037564
- Government-mandated institutional betrayal.Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD) · 2018Smidt AM, Freyd JJDOI: 10.1080/15299732.2018.1502029
- Betrayal Trauma and Personality Pathology: An Integrated Review.ReviewJournal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD) · 2025Yalch MM, Robbins ALDOI: 10.1080/15299732.2024.2429465
- Post-Truth, Pandemics, and Professional Betrayal.Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses · 2022Stewart MWDOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2022.02.009
- Betrayal of the Markers.Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology · 2023Jeyaseelan T, Romero-Ramos M, Petersen CCDOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.24781
- A betrayal of trust.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Landry ADOI: 10.1126/science.add1858
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11 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Theoretical and practical needs
- Signature and consequences
- Betrayal trauma
- In romantic relationships
- Double cross
- Betrayal blindness
- See also
- References
- Bibliography for references
- Further reading
thumb|The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio (c.1602) shows Judas betraying Jesus. Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. Often betrayal is the act of supporting a rival group, or it is a complete break from previously decided upon or presumed norms by one party from the others. Someone who betrays others is commonly known as a traitor or betrayer.
Betrayal is a commonly used story element in fiction, sometimes used as a plot twist.
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