"self-harm" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-self-harm.wav Forms: SH [abbreviation], selfharm [alternative], self harm [alternative]
Etymology: From self- + harm. Etymology templates: {{af|en|self-|harm}} self- + harm Head templates: {{en-noun|-|abbr=SH}} self-harm (uncountable, abbreviation SH)
  1. (mental health) The deliberate nonsuicidal injuring of one's own body. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: self-injury, self-mutilation, self-harming, self-injury, self-mutilation, SI [initialism], SH [initialism], $H Hypernyms: cutting, injury, mutilation Hyponyms: self-embedding, self-flagellation, self-flogging, skin-picking Related terms: self-harmer Translations (deliberate injuring of oneself): самонараняване (samonaranjavane) (Bulgarian), automutilation [feminine] (French), scarification [feminine] (French), თვითდაზიანება (tvitdazianeba) (Georgian), Selbstverletzung [feminine] (German), Selbstverletzendes Verhalten [neuter] (German), आत्मक्षति (ātmakṣati) [feminine] (Hindi), आत्महिंसा (ātmahinsā) [feminine] (Hindi), 自傷 (jishō) (Japanese), selvskading [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), samookaleczanie [neuter] (Polish), samookaleczenie [neuter] (Polish), automutilação [feminine] (Portuguese), automutilare [feminine] (Romanian), самоповрежде́ние (samopovreždénije) [neuter] (Russian), селфха́рм (selfxárm) [masculine] (Russian), autolesión [feminine] (Spanish), autoagresión [feminine] (Spanish), automutilación [feminine] (Spanish), självskada [common-gender] (Swedish), селфхарм (selfxárm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-self-harm-en-noun-5bXM~3jY Categories (other): Mental health, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with self-: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 85 15

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-self-harm.wav Forms: self-harms [present, singular, third-person], self-harming [participle, present], self-harmed [participle, past], self-harmed [past], selfharm [alternative], self harm [alternative]
Etymology: From self- + harm. Etymology templates: {{af|en|self-|harm}} self- + harm Head templates: {{en-verb}} self-harm (third-person singular simple present self-harms, present participle self-harming, simple past and past participle self-harmed)
  1. (intransitive) To harm oneself deliberately. Tags: intransitive Translations (to injure oneself deliberately): automutiler (French), automutilar (Portuguese), automutila (Romanian), autolesionarse (Spanish), automutilarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-self-harm-en-verb-WTuPxCBh Categories (other): Self-harm Disambiguation of Self-harm: 18 82

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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