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to self-pollute

to self-pollute

9.5
To harm your own body, mind, or surroundings
  • verb
  • /sɛlfˈpɒluteɪt/
: autocontratarse
  • If you constantly dwell on negative thoughts, you may self-pollute your mind.

Examples

  • Some people unknowingly self-pollute their immediate environment through careless habits.

  • She self-pollutes her environment by littering.

  • She was determined not to self-pollute her body with harmful substances any longer.

  • Don't self-pollute your mind with negativity!

  • If you constantly dwell on negative thoughts, you may self-pollute your mind.

  • She was determined not to self-pollute her body with harmful substances any longer.

  • Some people unknowingly self-pollute their immediate environment through careless habits.

Synonyms

to pollute
vsto self-pollute
83 3.4

To make water, air or land dirty by adding harmful waste

includes harm to the person or their own surroundings rather than only environmental damage
to contaminate
vsto self-pollute
63 4.9

To make things like water or soil unsafe by adding harmful substances

adds self harm or damage to immediate personal surroundings rather than only affecting things

Antonyms

to purify
28 4.6

To remove dirt and bad chemicals from water or air to make them clean

How Polluting

to self-pollute
9.5
to damage
323 1.4

Surface Forms

self-pollute infinitive
self-polluted past
self-polluted past participle
self-polluting present participle
self-pollutes third person singular

Morphology

self-pollute = pollute (transparent) = self + pollute

The prefix 'self-' indicates reflexive application to the verb 'pollute', so meaning is directly derivable from known parts.

Etymology

Self-pollute joins self ('oneself') and pollute ('to make dirty'). So, it means to 'make dirty' your own mind, body, or space, like how pollution makes air or water dirty.