self-harm

See also: selfharm and self harm

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Etymology

From self- +‎ harm.

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Noun

self-harm (uncountable, abbreviation SH)

  1. (mental health) The deliberate nonsuicidal injuring of one's own body.
    Synonyms: self-injury, self-mutilation; see also Thesaurus:self-harm
    • 2025 November 26, Robert Booth, “ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      It [OpenAI] said that its terms of use prohibited asking ChatGPT for advice about self-harm and highlighted a limitation of liability provision that states “you will not rely on output as a sole source of truth or factual information”.

Descendants

  • → Russian: селфха́рм (selfxárm)
  • → Ukrainian: селфха́рм (selfxárm)

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Verb

self-harm (third-person singular simple present self-harms, present participle self-harming, simple past and past participle self-harmed)

  1. (intransitive) To harm oneself deliberately.

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