self-immolation

[ self-im-uh-ley-shuhn ]

/ ˈsɛlfˌɪm əˈleɪ ʃən /

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noun

voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.

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Origin of self-immolation

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby self-immolation

self-identity, selfie, self-ignite, self-image, self-immolating, self-immolation, self-important, self-imposed, self-improvement, self-inclusive, self-incompatible

How to use self-immolation in a sentence

Or is it “a beautiful flare of ruin, self-immolation, disaster?”
Time Bandit: Donna Tartt’s “Goldfinch”|Liesl Schillinger|October 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In higher-income countries, self-immolation was rare and most often carried out by males, many of whom had a psychiatric history.
Tibet, Persecution, and Marital Shame: Why People Burn Themselves to Death|Kent Sepkowitz|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Kent Sepkowitz looks at the centuries-long practice of self-immolation—and why it persists from India to Vietnam to Iran.
Tibet, Persecution, and Marital Shame: Why People Burn Themselves to Death|Kent Sepkowitz|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Self-immolation has been around for centuries, having been intermittently practiced by protesting monks in the East.
Tibet, Persecution, and Marital Shame: Why People Burn Themselves to Death|Kent Sepkowitz|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST

A review of one aspect (PDF) of the problem—copy-cat self-immolation—provides additional detail.
Tibet, Persecution, and Marital Shame: Why People Burn Themselves to Death|Kent Sepkowitz|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Self-immolation were easy in comparison with the infliction of one pang on her.
Evenings at Donaldson Manor|Maria J. McIntosh
Even if this reads like slavery or self-immolation, what do you care?
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4)|W. Grant Hague
To wish Senta had a reasonable cause for her ecstasy of self-immolation is, of course, to wish the Dutchman were not the Dutchman.
Richard Wagner|John F. Runciman
These acts of self-immolation were esteemed exceedingly meritorious.
The Student's Mythology|Catherine Ann White
Then, and only then, under the eyes of an uncomprehending sex, did the true caliber of Gavans self-immolation flash upon her.
The Shadow of Life|Anne Douglas Sedgwick

British Dictionary definitions for self-immolation

self-immolation

noun

the act or an instance of setting fire to oneself

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