self-inflicted
adjective
inflicted by oneself upon oneself.
self-infliction
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a word derived from
self-inflicted.
Example Sentences
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It's the self-infliction that worries me: we made two of Liverpool's three goals for them.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2013
The physician finds them under the most unexpected circumstances at times and in patients apparently above all suspicion of their self-infliction.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
The great need of her heart compelled her to strangle, with desperate resolution, every rising impulse of suspicion, pride, and resentment; she felt equal to any self-infliction that would save her from ceasing to love.
From Romola by George Eliot
It is not properly a self-infliction," answered Carlton; "self-infliction implies intention; grief at sin is something spontaneous.
From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by John Henry Newman
It is answered by the fact, that it was proved, from the nature of the wounds, in both cases, that self-infliction was impossible.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 by Various
