self-injury

noun

self-harm

OriginEnglish injury ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

nounself-injury (countable and uncountable, plural self-injuries)

plural self-injuries

  1. countableuncountableself-harm

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
self-harmsharmsilly slicing

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishinjury
  9. Englishself-injury

From self- + injury.

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Cite this entry
APA

self-injury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-injury

MLA

“self-injury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-injury. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-injury,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-injury.

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