self-injurious

adjective

Causing injury or harm to oneself.

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Meanings

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

comparative more self-injurious · superlative most self-injurious

  1. Causing injury or harm to oneself.

    We are also perpetual stimmers: displaying or masking our stims, engaging in self-injurious or artistic stims, creatively expressing ourselves, or responding to trauma or stim suppression.

    2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly, volume 41, number 3, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2022

Origin

From self- + injurious.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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