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▪ I. self-harming, n.
Brit. |ˌsɛlfˈhɑːmɪŋ|, U.S. |ˌsɛlfˈhɑrmɪŋ|
[‹ self- prefix + harming n. Compare earlier self-harm n.]
The deliberate inflicting of injury upon oneself, esp. as a manifestation of a psychiatric or psychological disorder.
1957T. Reik Myth & Guilt ii. 30 One of the most interesting and puzzling signs is an unconscious need for punishment that finds means to express itself in acts of self-harming, self-sabotaging, and self-frustrating. 1994A. J. Reiss in Violence in Urban Amer. 87 Nor did it deal with suicide or other forms of self-harming by violent means. 2004Community Care 8 Apr. 38/1 Self-harming most commonly takes the form of cutting the skin and overdosing on painkillers.
▪ II. self-harming, a.
Brit. |ˌsɛlfˈhɑːmɪŋ|, U.S. |ˌsɛlfˈhɑrmɪŋ|
[‹ self- prefix + harming adj. at harm v. Derivatives.]
That causes harm to oneself; engaging in or involving self-harm.
a1616Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 101 Selfe-harming Iealousie; fie beat it hence. 1865W. M. Rossetti Let. 30 Apr. in Rossetti-Macmillan Lett. (1963) 52 How about advertizing?..My wish however is to economize in that direction as far as reasonable & not self-harming. 1957T. Reik Myth & Guilt xix. 241 Unconscious guilt feeling will..press either in the direction of self-harming acts in which the need for punishment is gratified or to a repetition of the forbidden deed that caused the guilt feeling. 1972Duke Law Jrnl. 19711103 Preventing self-harming conduct..is a basically intractable problem because voluntarily entered activities impose significant secondary costs upon society. 1998Jrnl. Adolescence 21 555 A high number of deliberately self-harming girls had a mental illness. |