单词	self-defeating
释义	self-defeating adjective self-de·​feat·​ing ˌself-di-ˈfē-tiŋ  -dē- : serving or tending to defeat oneself or itself : counterproductive: such as a : acting to defeat its own purpose a self-defeating argument You kind of realize that violence can be a self-defeating strategy, because it just gives the other guy an incentive to attack you back in revenge. Stephen Pinker b : being or involving an attitude of defeatism Procrastinators tend to be more stressed than other people—even before they start procrastinating. According to a recent study, that's possibly because they have self-defeating thoughts like, "I'm simply too stupid to benefit from more studying, so I'll just hang out on Facebook." Shana Lebowitz Word History First Known Use 1812, in the meaning defined above
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