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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesauto-annientamento
Pronunciation / Transliteration: a-u-to a-nien-ta-men-to
"Il romanzo esplora il tema dell'auto-annientamento."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act of destroying oneself or one's own existence.
"The character's journey in the novel reflects a profound struggle with self-annihilation." - 2
A philosophical concept referring to the complete negation of the self.
"In some philosophical texts, self-annihilation is discussed as a means to achieve enlightenment."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combining form self- (Old English *sylf, meaning 'one's own') and annihilation, which stems from the Latin annihilatus, past participle of annihilare (to reduce to nothing, from ad- 'to' + nihil 'nothing'). The compound emerged in the late 16th to early 17th century, initially used in theological contexts regarding the surrender of the ego, later expanding into political and existential discourse to denote total self-destruction.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Self-annihilation" is said worldwide
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auto-anéantissement
Transliteration: o-to a-ne-an-tis-mã
"Le personnage lutte contre son auto-anéantissement."
Selbstvernichtung
Transliteration: Zelbst-fer-nik-tung
"Die Philosophie behandelt oft das Thema der Selbstvernichtung."
auto-annientamento
Transliteration: a-u-to a-nien-ta-men-to
"Il romanzo esplora il tema dell'auto-annientamento."
autoaniquilación
Transliteration: au-to-a-ni-qui-la-ción
"La novela trata sobre la autoaniquilación del protagonista."
autoaniquilação
Transliteration: au-to-a-ni-qui-la-ção
"O livro discute a autoaniquilação como um tema central."
स्व-नाश
Transliteration: sva-nāś
"कहानी में स्व-नाश की अवधारणा पर चर्चा की गई है।"
自我毁灭
Transliteration: zì wǒ huǐ miè
"小说探讨了自我毁灭的主题。"
자기 파괴
Transliteration: ja-gi pa-gwe
"소설은 자기 파괴의 주제를 다룹니다."
自己消滅
Transliteration: jiko shōmetsu
"小説は自己消滅のテーマを探求しています。"
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