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selfharm

selfharm 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 selfharm

third-person singular presentselfharms
present participleselfharming
past participleselfharmed
pastselfharmed

Questions about selfharm

What is selfharm the alternative form of?
Selfharm is the alternative form of self-harm.

Words near selfharm in the dictionary

  1. selfevaluate
  2. selfexcitation
  3. selfexcitations
  4. selffulness
  5. selfgravitating
  6. selfharm
  7. selfheal
  8. selfheals
  9. selfhood
  10. selfhoods
  11. Selfian

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