self-harm

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See also: selfharm and self harm

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Healed scars from prior self-harm.

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Etymology

From self- +‎ harm.

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Noun

self-harm (uncountable)

  1. (mental health) The deliberate non-suicidal injuring of one's own body.
    Synonyms: self-injury, self-mutilation, (initialism) SH; see also Thesaurus:self-harm

Descendants

  • Russian: селфха́рм (selfxárm)
  • Ukrainian: селфха́рм (selfxárm)

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Verb

self-harm (third-person singular simple present self-harms, present participle self-harming, simple past and past participle self-harmed)

  1. (intransitive) To harm oneself deliberately.

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