betrayal
Sign in to savethumb|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.
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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
1,050 papers- Betrayal.The American journal of medicine · 2023
- Institutional Betrayal: Who Is Most Vulnerable?Journal of interpersonal violence · 2021
- Institutional betrayal.The American psychologist · 2014
- Government-mandated institutional betrayal.Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD) · 2018
- Betrayal Trauma and Personality Pathology: An Integrated Review.Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD) · 2025
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Article
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.