self-annihilation
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- noun
- /sɛlf əˌnaɪəˈleɪʃən/
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- But self-annihilation is more than mere self-forgetting and more radical than sleep.
Examples
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His battle with addiction often felt like a journey towards self-annihilation.
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Europe and Asia are on the brink of self-annihilation.
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What I am calling self-annihilation can also be named an encounter with nothing.
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As we reflect on the circumstances in which this self is released, we become aware that our own creativity requires a kind of death or self-annihilation.
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Self-annihilation resembles the familiar experience of being so absorbed in a task that we lose ourselves in it.
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She feels immeasurably lost, a feeling which compels her to think of self-annihilation.
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The carefully controlled setting of the Tabernacle made possible self-annihilation—dying without death.
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For the children of Israel, this self-annihilation and renewal occurred at Sinai and were recreated and fostered through Tabernacle worship.
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The documentary explored the effects of societal pressures on young people's self-annihilation.
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Many artists express their thoughts on self-annihilation through their work, reflecting on the struggle between despair and hope.
Synonyms
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An act of ending your own life on purpose
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Setting yourself on fire on purpose to protest or kill yourself
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An act of causing your own death on purpose
An act of ending your life or your old identity to begin a new life
How Self-Destructive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
self-annihilation = annihilation (transparent) = self + annihilation
Meaning is directly derived from 'self' + 'annihilation' (destruction of oneself), so knowing the components allows correct inference.
Etymology
Self-annihilation combines self ('oneself') and annihilation, which comes from the Latin root nihil meaning 'nothing' and is like the English word 'nil'. So it means 'making oneself nothing', which is why it refers to destroying or killing oneself.