self-inflicted
[ self-in-flik-tid, self- ]
adjective
inflicted by oneself upon oneself: a self-inflicted wound.
Origin of self-inflicted
1First recorded in 1775–85
Other words from self-inflicted
- self-in·flic·tion, noun
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How to use self-inflicted in a sentence
The self-infliction of fearthought is a shoveling-in process—all that you have to do to become free from it is to stop shoveling.
Happiness as Found in Forethought Minus Fearthought | Horace FletcherAlthough Mosheim uses the term "fraud," it would seem that he means rather the irresponsible self-infliction of the wounds.
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries | Alfred Wesley Wishart
British Dictionary definitions for self-inflicted
self-inflicted
adjective
(of an injury) having been inflicted on oneself by oneself
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