self-annihilation

[ self-uh-nahy-uh-ley-shuhn, self- ]

noun

1. self-destruction; suicide.
2. surrender, abnegation, or immolation of the self in mystic contemplation of or union with God.

self-annihilation

noun

1. the surrender of the self in mystical contemplation, union with God, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-annihilation¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

So she has to be perfect and self-sacrificing to the point of self-annihilation.

From The Daily Beast

Self-annihilation of necessity cramps their activity, or gives it a false direction.

From Project Gutenberg

So that the mystics are utterly wrong when they fancy that self-sacrifice can be attained by self-annihilation.

From Project Gutenberg

There will be then, not indeed a certainty, but an equal chance of definitive self-annihilation and eternal repose.

From Project Gutenberg

It is only thus that we can become free—by a circumlocutory process of self-abnegation, self-sacrifice and self-annihilation.

From Project Gutenberg

This is not to deny that many women are capable of the greatest devotion and sacrifice, even to the point of self-annihilation.

From Project Gutenberg