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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesautodestruição
Pronunciation / Transliteration: awtodestrujsɐ̃w
"Ele vive em um constante processo de autodestruição."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The destruction of oneself or itself; self-destruction or self-sabotage.
"The company's unethical practices ultimately led to its economic autodestruction." - 2
A mechanism designed to cause a device or structure to destroy itself automatically.
"The experimental rocket was programmed to initiate autodestruction if it deviated from its flight path."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek prefix 'auto-' (meaning 'self') combined with the English noun 'destruction', which stems from the Latin 'destructio' (from 'destruere', meaning 'to demolish'). The term emerged in the mid-20th century, heavily popularized by science fiction, military technology (self-destruct mechanisms), and later psychological and sociological discourse regarding self-sabotage.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Autodestruction" is said worldwide
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autodestruction
Transliteration: odestʁyssjɔ̃
"Il est entré dans un cycle d'autodestruction."
Selbstzerstörung
Transliteration: zɛlbsttsɛɐ̯ˌstøːʁʊŋ
"Das System leitete die Selbstzerstörung ein."
autodistruzione
Transliteration: autodistruttsjone
"La sua rabbia ha causato la sua autodistruzione."
autodestrucción
Transliteration: awtoðestɾukˈsjon
"El mecanismo de autodestrucción se activó por error."
autodestruição
Transliteration: awtodestrujsɐ̃w
"Ele vive em um constante processo de autodestruição."
आत्मविनाश
Transliteration: aatmavinash
"यह नीति देश के आत्मविनाश का कारण बन सकती है।"
自我毁灭
Transliteration: zìwǒ huǐmiè
"这种盲目的冲动只会导致自我毁灭。"
자멸
Transliteration: jamyeol
"그들의 탐욕은 결국 자멸을 불러왔다."
自滅
Transliteration: jimetsu
"その政権の政策は自滅につながった。"
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