self-affliction

noun

The infliction of pain or suffering on oneself

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Meanings

nounself-affliction (countable and uncountable, plural self-afflictions)

plural self-afflictions

  1. countableuncountableThe infliction of pain or suffering on oneself

Origin

From self- + affliction.

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APA

self-affliction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-affliction

MLA

“self-affliction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-affliction. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-affliction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-affliction.

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