self-clinging

adjective

That clings to itself.

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Meanings

adjectiveself-clinging (comparative more self-clinging, superlative most self-clinging)

comparative more self-clinging · superlative most self-clinging

  1. That clings to itself.

    The self-clinging species sometimes need to be fixed to the wall at first so as to give them a hold, when they will afterwards require no support.

    1901, Walter P. Wright, Cassell's Dictionary of Practical Gardening, page 40
  2. BuddhismOf a strong attachment or fixation on one's sense of self.

Origin

From self- + clinging.

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

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Chicago

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