dark sides
Concealed troubling aspects
Dark sides are the hidden, negative, or morally troubling aspects of something or someone.
The phrase comes from the moon's far side, perpetually turned away from Earth.
A person's dark side encompasses impulses or traits they conceal or suppress: Everyone has a dark side.
Industries, technologies, and institutions have dark sides—harmful consequences often obscured by their benefits: the dark side of social media, the dark side of fame.
- vicesImmoral habits or practices
- guilty pleasuresEnjoyments causing slight shame
- secretsConcealed information
- deceptionsDeliberate acts of misleading
- fearsFeelings of dread
inner demons · temptations · mystery · shadow · shadow self · hidden · corruption · negativity · alter egos · Jekyll and Hyde · hidden agendas · deep state · repression · betrayal · systemic bias · cosmic horror · antimatter · inner conflict
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Positive aspects amid negatives
better angels · virtues · redeeming qualities · strengths · merits
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Spiritual guidance within oneself
higher self · best self · ego · persona · authentic self
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