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self-mutilation

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self-mutilation

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From self- + mutilation.

noun

  1. uncountable self-harm In this way Stalinism really produced the 'new Soviet man': an ideological schizophrenic, a liar who believed what he was saying, a man capable of incessant, voluntary acts of intellectual self-mutilation.

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"self-mutilation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/self-mutilation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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self-mutilation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/self-mutilation

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"self-mutilation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/self-mutilation.

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@misc{self_mutilation_2026,
  title = {self-mutilation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-mutilation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}