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self harm

self harm is the alternative form of self-harm.

Meaning of self-harm

Noun

self-harm (uncountable, abbreviation SH)

  1. (mental health) The deliberate nonsuicidal injuring of one's own body.
    • It [OpenAI] said that its terms of use prohibited asking ChatGPT for advice about self-harm and highlighted a limitation of liability provision that states “you will not rely on output as a sole source of truth or factual information”.2025 November 26, Robert Booth, “ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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Forms of self harm

third-person singular presentself harms
present participleself harming
past participleself harmed
pastself harmed

Questions about self harm

What is self harm the alternative form of?
Self harm is the alternative form of self-harm.

Words near self harm in the dictionary

  1. self defense
  2. self defenses
  3. self discrimination
  4. self goal
  5. self goals
  6. self harm
  7. self harmed
  8. self harming
  9. self harms
  10. self image
  11. self images

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