self-injurious

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ injurious.

Adjective

self-injurious (comparative more self-injurious, superlative most self-injurious)

  1. Causing injury or harm to oneself.
    • 2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly‎[1], volume 41, number 3, archived from the original on 22 January 2022:
      We are also perpetual stimmers: displaying or masking our stims, engaging in self-injurious or artistic stims, creatively expressing ourselves, or responding to trauma or stim suppression.

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