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The deliberate nonsuicidal injuring of one's own body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: mental health
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-injury, self-mutilation
Antonyms: none provided
To harm oneself deliberately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English harm English self-harm From self- + harm.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
самонараняване
(samonaranjavane)
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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French:
automutilation
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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French:
scarification
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Georgian:
თვითდაზიანება
(tvitdazianeba)
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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German:
Selbstverletzung
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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German:
Selbstverletzendes Verhalten
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Hindi:
आत्मक्षति
(ātmakṣati)
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Hindi:
आत्महिंसा
(ātmahinsā)
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Italian:
autolesionismo
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Japanese:
自傷
(jishō)
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Japanese:
自傷行為
(jishō kōi)
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Norwegian Bokmål:
selvskading
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Polish:
samookaleczanie
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Polish:
samookaleczenie
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Portuguese:
automutilação
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Romanian:
automutilare
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Russian:
самоповрежде́ние
(samopovreždénije)
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Russian:
селфха́рм
(selfxárm)
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Spanish:
autolesión
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Spanish:
autoagresión
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Spanish:
automutilación
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Swedish:
självskada
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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Ukrainian:
селфхарм
(selfxárm)
— deliberate injuring of oneself
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French:
automutiler
— to injure oneself deliberately
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Italian:
autolesionarsi
— to injure oneself deliberately
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Portuguese:
automutilar
— to injure oneself deliberately
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Romanian:
automutila
— to injure oneself deliberately
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Spanish:
autolesionarse
— to injure oneself deliberately
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Spanish:
automutilarse
— to injure oneself deliberately
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Spanish:
cagar fuego en su propia mano
— to injure oneself deliberately
