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self-mutilation

self-mutilation noun: self-harm.

Noun

self-mutilation (uncountable)

  1. self-harm
    • In this way Stalinism really produced the 'new Soviet man': an ideological schizophrenic, a liar who believed what he was saying, a man capable of incessant, voluntary acts of intellectual self-mutilation.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...

Origin of self-mutilation

From self- + mutilation.

Questions about self-mutilation

What does self-mutilation mean?
Self-mutilation means self-harm.
What part of speech is self-mutilation?
Self-mutilation is a noun.

Words near self-mutilation in the dictionary

  1. self-mulching
  2. self-murder
  3. self-murderer
  4. self-murderers
  5. self-murders
  6. self-mutilation
  7. self-name
  8. self-names
  9. self-narrative
  10. self-narratives
  11. self-naughting

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