单词 | self-abuse |
释义 | self-abusen.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > self-deception > [noun] self-deceit1590 self-deceiving1614 self-abusea1616 self-delusion1625 self-deceitfulness1642 self-deception1648 bad faith1947 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 141 My strange & self-abuse Is the initiate feare, that wants hard vse. View more context for this quotation 1662 F. Fullwood Grand Case Present Ministry 5 This part of the Declaration..is no new thing, nor such, as any one without self-abuse or self-delusion could possibly expect should not still be required. 1903 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 13 472 Ascertained truth is scientific, and working hypotheses are also legitimate; but the acceptance of the latter as the former without unimpeachable logical proof is but scientific self-abuse. 2. a. The action or practice of physically or verbally maltreating oneself. Also: contemptuous or insulting language directed towards oneself. Cf. abuse n. 5, 6b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > of self self-abuse1653 1653 E. Waterhouse Two Brief Medit. 58 No man hath any warrant for self-abuse: We are not nostri, sed alieni juris; and God will see we shall not destroy his work besides his will. a1683 B. Whichcote Sel. Serm. (1698) v. 175 Whosoever is in a naughty and malignant Disposition of Mind, there is no Creature under Heaven..that brought him into that Temper; but either his gross Self-neglect, or voluntary Self-abuse. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 351 Those cold humours..Which..had sometimes urged To self-abuse, a not ineloquent tongue. View more context for this quotation 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. ix. 242 He abused himself for his own selfishness. But such self-abuse [etc.]. 1989 E. de Haard Narr. & Anti-narr. Structures Tolstoy xi. 143 Even though he is seldom really satisfied with his own works, this time the self-abuse and the invectives he uses surpass everything. 2006 J. H. Austin Zen-brain Refl. v. lxx. 292 Taking drugs..amounts to self-abuse, not ‘substance’ abuse. A real person is abusing his or her very own brain. b. Deliberate injury inflicted upon oneself, esp. as a manifestation of a psychiatric or psychological disorder; = self-harm n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > injury to oneself self-harm1614 self-offencea1628 self-injury1638 self-infliction1674 self-harming1957 self-abuse1970 1970 D. W. Meyers Human Body & Law iii. 48 If such conversion surgery is not readily available..the transsexual may well attempt self-castration, other mutilations and even suicide, or fall into a reactive psychosis. Such self-abuse is apparently not at all rare. 1978 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 69 420/1 The book..makes a significant contribution to..knowledge concerning prisoner self-abuse. 2001 Daily Tel. 12 July 7/6 He may have started cutting himself or engaging in some other form of self-abuse. 2010 N.Y. Mag. 18 Jan. 46/3 One old friend of Annie's says the surgeries may have been a form of cutting—self-abuse born of the guilt and self-loathing she felt after her mother's murder. 3. Masturbation, regarded as sinful or harmful; (in early use also) an instance of this. Now generally considered dated, and frequently used humorously or with an ironically censorious tone.Usually with reference to male masturbation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > masturbation > [noun] onanism1600 masturbation1603 mastupration1616 self-pollution1619 self-abuse1718 manustupration1728 self-stimulation1860 jerking1889 friggingc1890 autoeroticism1898 autoerotism1898 automanipulation1920 pocket billiards1940 wanking1944 1718 Rational Acct. Cause, Nature, & Cure of Gleets viii. 32 A Gleet is always more or less difficult to Cure, as it is of greater or less Continuance, or is occasioned by more or less self Abuses. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Abuse Self-Abuse, is a Phrase used by some late Writers for the Crime of Self-Pollution. 1771 J. H. Smyth New Treat. Venereal Dis. (ed. 5) 45 Many miserable objects labouring under stubborn gleets.., occasioned by..self-abuse. 1839 M. Ryan Prostitution in London iv. 281 There are, however, some few who remain thin and withered for the remainder of life; in consequence of excessive self-abuse during their youth. 1887 Med. News 1 Jan. 23/2 Self-abuse, to produce insanity, must have been carried very far, or the subject must be predisposed. 1917 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 May 665 The effect of tobacco smoking, over-growth, and self-abuse in delicate lads may be the cause in a number of cases of heart affection. 1990 D. Clark in M. Kurc That Reminds Me v.19 You needed to carry a condom in your wallet. It was a sure sign you had ‘arrived’. No more nightly self-abuse, you were ready for the real thing! 2008 J. Burchill in J. Burchill & C. Newkey-Burden Not in my Name 27 That exception is masturbation. Yep—when it comes to our shouty old mate Self Abuse, contemporary public opinion does a drastic about-face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). self-abusev. intransitive. To maltreat oneself physically; to self-harm. Cf. self-abuse n. 2b. ΚΠ 1981 L. Schreibman & R. L. Koegel in S. M. Turner et al. Handbk. Clin. Behavior Therapy xviii. 518 The teacher, being careful not to present attention (positive reinforcement) to him when he self-abused, immediately stopped speaking to him. 2005 A. D. Hart & C. Hart Weber Is your Teen Stressed or Depressed? v. 106 The fleeting ‘high’ teens feel when self-abusing is a result of endorphins that are secreted in the bloodstream. 2009 S. Brown Macrobiotics for Life xxxiii. 158 That humans can survive so long eating poor diets while regularly self-abusing with alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes just shows how resilient we can be. 2013 M. Wade in D. Heller Levitt & H. J. Hartwig Moorhead Values & Ethics in Counselling xii. 195 Kathy encouraged Ebony to make phone contact whenever Ebony felt overwhelmed and a desire to self-abuse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1616v.1981 |
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