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[ self-im-uh-ley-shuhn ] / ˈsɛlfˌɪm əˈleɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR self-immolation ON THESAURUS.COM
nounvoluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person. Origin of self-immolationFirst recorded in 1810–20 Words nearby self-immolationself-identity, selfie, self-ignite, self-image, self-immolating, self-immolation, self-important, self-imposed, self-improvement, self-inclusive, self-incompatible Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-immolationOr is it “a beautiful flare of ruin, self-immolation, disaster?” Time Bandit: Donna Tartt’s “Goldfinch”|Liesl Schillinger|October 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST In higher-income countries, self-immolation was rare and most often carried out by males, many of whom had a psychiatric history. Tibet, Persecution, and Marital Shame: Why People Burn Themselves to Death|Kent Sepkowitz|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST Kent Sepkowitz looks at the centuries-long practice of self-immolation—and why it persists from India to Vietnam to Iran. Tibet, Persecution, and Marital Shame: Why People Burn Themselves to Death|Kent Sepkowitz|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST Self-immolation has been around for centuries, having been intermittently practiced by protesting monks in the East. Tibet, Persecution, and Marital Shame: Why People Burn Themselves to Death|Kent Sepkowitz|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It was as dramatic and cringe-worthy a self-immolation as I've ever seen. Daily Beast Contributors Weigh In on the GOP Debate||November 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST Great love is always capable of expressing itself in sacrifice and self-immolation. Jerry of the Islands|Jack London The words fell chillingly on the blaze of her self-immolation. This they evince by self-immolation, after the manner of eastern wives. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 351|Various Through his mind flashed the call to revolt, the born rebel's impulsive desire for self-immolation. August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt|L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby John Crawford was a suicide, and he had chosen a peculiarly American mode of self-immolation. Shoulder-Straps|Henry Morford
British Dictionary definitions for self-immolation
nounthe act or an instance of setting fire to oneself 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 Words related to self-immolationpersecution, pain, distress, torture, agony, sacrifice, ordeal, unselfishness, torment, affliction, crucifixion, mortification, anguish, devotion, self-sacrifice, seppuku, disembowelment, agonizing |