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self-annihilation

self-annihilation noun: annihilation by one's own act.

Noun

self-annihilation (uncountable)

  1. Annihilation by one's own act.
    • Near-synonyms: self-destruction, suicide; self-murder
    • If technologically advanced civilizations can avoid self-annihilation for a period L_(lifetime) at least as long as the existence of Homo sapiens (over 100 000 years), the consequences suggested by the Drake equation are enormous for how we view ourselves. But perhaps our solar system is far from...2010, Göran Grimvall, “Chapter 1: Numbers”, in Quantify! A Crash Course in Smart Thinking, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN

Synonyms of self-annihilation

Origin of self-annihilation

From self- + annihilation.

Questions about self-annihilation

What does self-annihilation mean?
Self-annihilation means annihilation by one's own act.
What part of speech is self-annihilation?
Self-annihilation is a noun.

Words near self-annihilation in the dictionary

  1. self-analysis
  2. self-annihilate
  3. self-annihilated
  4. self-annihilates
  5. self-annihilating
  6. self-annihilation
  7. self-anoint
  8. self-anointed
  9. self-anointing
  10. self-anoints
  11. self-antigen

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