a display of feigned or exaggerated suffering to obtain sympathy or admiration.
"you know martyrdom isn't my style"
1 : the suffering of death on account of adherence to a cause and especially to one's religious faith … defended moral truth even to the point of enduring martyrdom …— Andrew Sullivan. 2 : affliction, torture.
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the death or suffering of a martyr.
"the martyrdom of St. Anthony"
a display of feigned or exaggerated suffering to obtain sympathy or admiration.
"you know martyrdom isn't my style"
1 : the suffering of death on account of adherence to a cause and especially to one's religious faith … defended moral truth even to the point of enduring martyrdom …— Andrew Sullivan. 2 : affliction, torture.