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self-exiles

self-exiles is the plural of self-exile.

self-exiles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of self-exile.

Meaning of self-exile

Noun

self-exile (countable and uncountable, plural self-exiles)

  1. (countable) A voluntary exile; One who chooses to leave their homeland or community.
    • One source for the views of certain of these self-exiles is the newsletter of the Union of American Exiles, American Exile in Canada, published in Toronto for at least two years (1968 and 1969).2004, Michael Hanne, Creativity in Exile - Volume 1, page 116
  2. (uncountable) The state of voluntary exile; The condition of choosing to leave one's homeland or community.
    • Self-exile to a convent residence was the traditionally dignified solution for an injured wife of her class.2000, Laurence L. Bongie, Sade: A Biographical Essay, page 212
  3. (uncountable) Isolation from the world; A retreat from involvement with one's environment.
    • Chang's self-exile, however, aroused rather than thwarted her readers' desire; and they consumed anecdotes and hearsay about her life as eagerly as they did any of her works.1998, Eileen Chang, Ailing Zhang, The Rice Sprout Song, page xi
  4. (uncountable) A separation or alienation from ones inner self.
    • The autobiographical gesture, writing the word “I,” is a move into self-exile or even self-extinction.2008, John T Hamilton, Music, Madness, and the Unworking of Language, page 91

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Questions about self-exiles

What is self-exiles the plural of?
Self-exiles is the plural of self-exile.

Words near self-exiles in the dictionary

  1. self-exclusion
  2. self-exclusions
  3. self-executing
  4. self-exile
  5. self-exiled
  6. self-exiles
  7. self-exiling
  8. self-existence
  9. self-existent
  10. self-experiment
  11. self-experimental

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