self-harm

noun

ˌself-ˈhärm How to pronounce self-harm (audio)

: the act of purposely hurting oneself (as by cutting or burning the skin) as an emotional coping mechanism

Although most cutters are young women who have been emotionally, sexually, or physically abused as children, [Marilee] Strong's research shows that this specific type of self-harm also appears in other groups.

Maria Simson et al.

called also self-injury, self-mutilation

self-harm intransitive verb

self-harmed; self-harming; self-harms

teenagers who self-harm

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

单词	self-harm
释义	self-harm noun ˌself-ˈhärm : the act of purposely hurting oneself (as by cutting or burning the skin) as an emotional coping mechanism Although most cutters are young women who have been emotionally, sexually, or physically abused as children, [Marilee] Strong's research shows that this specific type of self-harm also appears in other groups. Maria Simson et al. called also self-injury, self-mutilation self-harm intransitive verb self-harmed; self-harming; self-harms teenagers who self-harm Word History First Known Use 1983, in the meaning defined above
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