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self-annihilation

[ self-uh-nahy-uh-ley-shuhn, self- ]

noun

  1. self-destruction; suicide.
  2. surrender, abnegation, or immolation of the self in mystic contemplation of or union with God.


self-annihilation

noun

  1. the surrender of the self in mystical contemplation, union with God, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-annihilation1

First recorded in 1640–50
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Example Sentences

“I literally thought of self-annihilation so that they could survive. That’s how low I was.”

It’s become so personal to me to be able to just be proud of myself for not having succeeded in my own self-annihilation.

It's just self-annihilation, with no clear strategy and no clear purpose.

From Salon

The San Francisco Project could end of the century of existential risk that began when the Manhattan Project first made us capable of self-annihilation.

From Salon

“The honeybee: dangerous with a power far beyond its size, but only at the price of self-annihilation.”

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