to do one's self an injury

  • 1Self-love — n. The love of one s self; desire for personal happiness; tendency to seek one s own benefit or advantage. Shak. [1913 Webster] Self love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. Pope. [1913 Webster] Syn: Selfishness. Usage: {Self love}, {Selfishne …

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  • 2self-inflicted — self in|flict|ed [ ,self ın flıktəd ] adjective a self inflicted injury, condition, etc. is one that you cause yourself: a self inflicted gunshot wound …

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  • 3Self-preservation — Self pres er*va tion, n. The preservation of one s self from destruction or injury. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4self-inflicted — [ˌself ɪnˈflɪktɪd] adj a self inflicted injury, condition etc is one that you suffer from and that you have caused a self inflicted gunshot wound[/ex] …

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  • 5Self-injury — ] Non fatal self harm is common in young people worldwide [cite journal|author=Schmidtke A, et al.|year=1996|title=Attempted suicide in Europe: rates, trends and sociodemographic characteristics of suicide attempters during the period… …

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  • 6Self-harm — This article focuses on repetitive self harm, not on severe self harm inflicted during psychosis. For forms of self harm related to body image, sexuality and wartime, see Body modification, Algolagnia and Self inflicted wound respectively. Self… …

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  • 7self-inflicted — UK [ˌself ɪnˈflɪktɪd] / US [ˌself ɪnˈflɪktəd] adjective a self inflicted injury, condition etc is one that you cause yourself a self inflicted gunshot wound …

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  • 8Self-hatred — ( also called self loathing) refers to an extreme dislike and hatred of oneself, or being angry at or even prejudice towards oneself. The term is also used to designate a dislike or hatred of a group, family, social class, or stereotype to which… …

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  • 9self-defense — n. The act of defending oneself against threatened injury; the right to protect oneself or one’s family from immediately threatened harm, which can serve as a defense in a criminal or tort action arising out of injuries caused by an act of self… …

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  • 10self-defense — self defensive, adj. /self di fens , self /, n. 1. the act of defending one s person when physically attacked, as by countering blows or overcoming an assailant: the art of self defense. 2. a claim or plea that the use of force or injuring or… …

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