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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesauto-destruction
Pronunciation / Transliteration: oto-destruction
"Son comportement a conduit à son auto-destruction."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act of causing one's own ruin or demise.
"His self-destruction was evident in his reckless behavior." - 2
A psychological state or behavior that leads to one's own harm or failure.
"The character's journey illustrates a tragic self-destruction fueled by inner turmoil."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'self-destruction' originates from the combination of 'self', derived from Old English 'seolf', meaning 'oneself', and 'destruction', from Latin 'destructio', meaning 'to tear down'. The concept evolved to describe the act of causing one's own ruin or demise, particularly in psychological contexts.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Self-Destruction" is said worldwide
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auto-destruction
Transliteration: oto-destruction
"Son comportement a conduit à son auto-destruction."
Selbstzerstörung
Transliteration: Zelbst-zer-stö-rung
"Sein Verhalten führte zur Selbstzerstörung."
autodistruzione
Transliteration: auto-distru-zio-ne
"Il suo comportamento ha portato all'autodistruzione."
autodestrucción
Transliteration: auto-des-tru-cción
"Su comportamiento llevó a la autodestrucción."
autodestruição
Transliteration: auto-des-trui-ção
"Seu comportamento levou à autodestruição."
स्व-नाश
Transliteration: sva-nāś
"उसका व्यवहार स्व-नाश की ओर ले गया।"
自我毁灭
Transliteration: zì-wǒ-huǐ-miè
"他的行为导致了自我毁灭。"
자기 파괴
Transliteration: jagi pagoe
"그의 행동은 자기 파괴로 이어졌다."
自己破壊
Transliteration: jiko hakai
"彼の行動は自己破壊につながった。"
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