self-wrong
Definition
- Noun:
- An act of self-harm or self-injury: "self-wrong" refers to an action or situation where an individual causes harm or damage to themselves, either physically, emotionally, or morally.
- A self-inflicted injustice: It can also mean a wrong or injustice that one brings upon oneself through one's own choices or behaviors.
Usage Examples
- (He harmed himself by delaying work.)
- (She understood she was causing her own emotional harm.)
- (He injured his own chances through neglect.)
Advanced Usage
"to commit a self-wrong": to perform an action that harms oneself deliberately or inadvertently.
- By lying to his friends, he committed a self-wrong that damaged his reputation. (He caused harm to his own social standing.)
"to suffer from a self-wrong": to experience the negative consequences of one's own harmful actions.
- He suffered from a self-wrong after ignoring medical advice. (He experienced the results of his own poor decision.)
Variants and Related Words
Self-wronging (adj): causing harm to oneself.
- His self-wronging habits, like smoking, worsened his health. (His harmful behaviors toward himself.)
Self-wronger (n): a person who habitually harms themselves.
- She was a self-wronger, always making choices that hurt her own interests. (Someone who regularly injures themselves.)
Synonyms
- Self-harm: deliberate injury to oneself.
- Self-injury: physical damage inflicted on oneself.
- Self-damage: harm caused to oneself.
- Self-inflicted wrong: a wrong that one brings upon oneself.
Related Idioms
Cut off one's nose to spite one's face: to act in a way that harms oneself in an attempt to harm others.
- By quitting her job in anger, she cut off her nose to spite her face — a clear self-wrong. (She harmed herself more than anyone else.)
Shoot oneself in the foot: to do something that unintentionally causes harm to oneself.
- He shot himself in the foot by insulting the boss; it was a classic self-wrong. (He damaged his own career.)