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单词 self-extinction
释义

self-extinction

noun

self-ex·​tinc·​tion ˌself-ik-ˈstiŋ(k)-shən How to pronounce self-extinction (audio)
plural self-extinctions
1
: the act of causing one's own extinction or the state of having caused one's own extinction
a civilization headed towards self-extinction
2
: suicide
… an escaped schizophrenic also wends his way there with self-extinction in mind … Chuck Twardy

Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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