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Writing a novel is an act of self-annihilation as much as self-discovery. You can kill whole appetites and flood whole depths while plumbing them, but if you are serious about it you also get to put something into the world that wasn't quite there before.
Andrew O'Hagan

Meaning of "self-annihilation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-ANNIHILATION

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-ANNIHILATION

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Self-Annihilation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SELF-ANNIHILATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of self-annihilation in the English dictionary

The definition of self-annihilation in the dictionary is the surrender of the self in mystical contemplation, union with God, etc.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-ANNIHILATION

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self-aggrandisement
self-aggrandising
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self-analysis
self-annealing
self-apparent
self-appointed
self-appraisal
self-assembly
self-asserting
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self-assertion
self-assertive
self-assertively
self-assertiveness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-ANNIHILATION

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Synonyms and antonyms of self-annihilation in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «self-annihilation» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of self-annihilation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-annihilation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-annihilation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自我毁灭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autoaniquilación
570 millions of speakers

English

self-annihilation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म विनाश
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الفناء الذاتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самоуничтожение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto- aniquilação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাম্য-মরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auto- annihilation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemusnahan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbstvernichtung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己消滅
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 소멸
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pambrontakan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tự hủy diệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய நிர்மூலமாக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आत्म नाश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendini imha
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto- annientamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samounicestwienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самознищення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- anihilare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - εκμηδένιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- uitwissing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

själv förintelse
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

selvutslettelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-annihilation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-ANNIHILATION»

The term «self-annihilation» is normally little used and occupies the 136.500 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-ANNIHILATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «self-annihilation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «self-annihilation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-annihilation

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QUOTES WITH «SELF-ANNIHILATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-annihilation.
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Andrew O'Hagan
Writing a novel is an act of self-annihilation as much as self-discovery. You can kill whole appetites and flood whole depths while plumbing them, but if you are serious about it you also get to put something into the world that wasn't quite there before.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-ANNIHILATION»

Discover the use of self-annihilation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-annihilation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Blake on Language, Power, and Self-Annihilation
Mollyanne Marks links self-annihilation with the self-sacrifice of Christ as a model for Blake's characters in Jerusalem as they attempt to reverse the Fall. Albion, Marks notes, is moved to sacrifice himself for Los in order to restore the Divine ...
John H. Jones, 2010
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Self-Annihilation: Being the Substance of a Sermon, Preached ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
John Clark, 2010
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Perverse Romanticism: Aesthetics and Sexuality in Britain, ...
Rather, generation only becomes perverse when it is the ultimate end of sex and does not lead to self-annihilation. As long as generation leads to regeneration, generation is not perverse. This means that although one must initially turn away  ...
Richard C. Sha, 2009
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William Blake on Self and Soul
Beyond sexual difference, human and human are united by “Forgiveness of Sins which is Self- Annihilation” (J 98:23, E257). Forgiveness exacts self-sacrifice insofar as it requires suppression of the ego's demands, and Blake had intimated as ...
Laura Quinney, 2010
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Kierkegaard and the Problem of Self-Love
This teleological aspect is important as it distinguishes self-sacrifice from mere self-destruction or self-annihilation. This distinction, and a related point about how self-sacrifice can easily slide into self-annihilation, is crucial for Groenhout's  ...
John Lippitt, 2013
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Goethe, Nietzsche, and Wagner: Their Spinozan Epics of Love ...
Under the Buddhist influence, Robert Donington says, Wagner explained her self - immolation as her redemption in self-annihilation (Wagner's 'Ring' and Its Symbols, 261). John Tietz takes redemption and annihilation as one ( Redemption or ...
T. K. Seung, 2006
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The Religious Thought of Hasidism: Text and Commentary
Therefore, both nighttime and a lonely road or place are needed.92 During these solitary sessions, empty your head and mind of all worldly interests, negating everything until you truly attain self-annihilation. In your loneliness at night in a ...
Norman Lamm, 1999
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The Genesis of God: A Theological Genealogy
So it is that "Self-Annihilation" plays the same role in Blake's system as does self- negation or self-emptying in Hegel's system. Each is finally the self-emptying of the uniquely Christian God, a self-emptying which is realized in crucifixion, and ...
Thomas J. J. Altizer, 1993
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The Paradoxical Ascent to God: The Kabbalistic Theosophy of ...
However, another, deeper level, penetrates more deeply toward the divine dialectic and the significance of worship through self-annihilation. These points are found primarily in the writings of Rabbi Aharon Halevi of Starosselye, Rabbi Shneur ...
Rachel Elior, 1993
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Exceedingly Nietzsche: Aspects of Contemporary Nietzsche ...
4. •. Self-annihilation. and. Self-overcoming: Blake. and. Nietzsche. DAVID. POLLARD. There are a number of similarities in the works of Blake and Nietzsche. Both wrote dithyrambic verse as well as rhyme. Both believed in the ...
David Farrell Krell, Centennial Professor David Wood, David Wood, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-ANNIHILATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-annihilation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Choosing to Die
For a patient, choosing to kill herself in a Belgian self-annihilation clinic is one of the only suicide methods guaranteed to be lethal. In addition, thoughts of ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
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Angels, God's messengers – Part 2
Though in no way independent in the sense that they are self-originating, self-sustaining, or capable of self-annihilation, they are free moral beings and, in the ... «Suwannee Democrat, Jul 15»
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Leave the Ballot Blank -- The Greek Choice for Europe
On both sides annihilation and self-annihilation arrive at the same station. Keep in mind that the issue is idols. Those "Europeans" -- Merkel and Schäuble, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Laura Bassett's World Cup own goal makes her a true hero of …
... tucking the ball in off the bar with a deft, insouciant chip over the head of her own bewildered keeper, was only more poetic for being an act of self-annihilation. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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The AAP's Self-Annihilation: Is Fate on Modi's Side
File photo of AAP's Arvind Kejriwal (center) waving to the crowd as he joins the protest rally of Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare (unseen) in New Delhi ... «India West, Apr 15»
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AAP's self-annihilation: Aam Admi Party's suicidal tendencies bound …
The Aam Admi Party's (AAP's) suicidal tendencies are bound to help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) more than any other party because the saffron outfit is ... «India.com, Apr 15»
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AAP's self-annihilation: Is fate on Narendra Modi's side?
The Aam Admi Party's (AAP's) suicidal tendencies are bound to help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) more than any other party because the saffron outfit is ... «Economic Times, Apr 15»
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Karl Ove Knausgaard's series takes boredom to a new level
Self-annihilation is a theme in the six books. We are told, with the final two volumes still awaiting translation, that book six ends with the line “I am no longer an ... «The Australian, Mar 15»
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In Early Reviews, Catching a Glimpse of "War on Humans" Theme in …
... of its themes represents, you would think, somewhat of a lightening of the load compared to the series' previous ruminations about human self-annihilation. «Discovery Institute, Jul 14»
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Jonathan Kay: The murder of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar symbolizes …
Jonathan Kay: The murder of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar symbolizes Pakistan's descent into self-annihilation. Republish Reprint · Republish Online · Republish Offline. «National Post, Jun 14»

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