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autodestructive

autodestructive adjective: self-destroying; self-destructive.

Adjective

autodestructive (comparative more autodestructive, superlative most autodestructive)

  1. Self-destroying; self-destructive.
    • […] until 1957 he was a painter. However, as he told Bomberg, he was searching for something 'extremely fast and intense' and in 1960 he began 'painting' with acid on nylon, thus becoming a pioneer of autodestructive art, for which he has remained the chief spokesman.1993, Jonathan Law, European culture: a contemporary companion, page 247
    • Collectively they conjure up a crazed version of autodestructive white America at its most solipsistic, hankering after its own lost origins.1996 June 28, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Acid Western”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of autodestructive

comparativemore autodestructive
superlativemost autodestructive

Origin of autodestructive

From auto- + destructive.

Questions about autodestructive

What does autodestructive mean?
Autodestructive means self-destroying; self-destructive.
What part of speech is autodestructive?
Autodestructive is an adjective.

Words near autodestructive in the dictionary

  1. autodescriptive
  2. autodestruct
  3. autodestructed
  4. autodestructing
  5. autodestruction
  6. autodestructive
  7. autodestructs
  8. autodetachment
  9. autodetect
  10. autodetected
  11. autodetecting

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