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self-affliction

self-affliction noun: the infliction of pain or suffering on oneself.

Noun

self-affliction (countable and uncountable, plural self-afflictions)

  1. The infliction of pain or suffering on oneself

Forms of self-affliction

pluralself-afflictions

Origin of self-affliction

From self- + affliction.

Questions about self-affliction

What does self-affliction mean?
Self-affliction means the infliction of pain or suffering on oneself.
What part of speech is self-affliction?
Self-affliction is a noun.
What is the plural of self-affliction?
The plural of self-affliction is self-afflictions.

Words near self-affliction in the dictionary

  1. self-advocacy
  2. self-affine
  3. self-affinity
  4. self-affirmation
  5. self-affirmations
  6. self-affliction
  7. self-afflictions
  8. self-aggrandisement
  9. self-aggrandize
  10. self-aggrandizement
  11. self-aggrandizements

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