Definitions
Etymologies
- self- + immolation (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The most recent case of self-immolation came on Monday with 20-year-old nun Tenzin Wangmo.”
“So it is unsurprising that seven of the recent self-immolation protestors are connected to Kirti.”
“Lobsang Sangay, the recently elected prime minister of the exiled Tibetan government, said in an interview that while his administration didn't support self-immolation as a form of protest, it would stand by those who sacrificed their lives for the Tibetan freedom movement.”
The Wall Street Journal: Immolations Pressure Tibet Exile Leader
“Police in the region declined to comment on the most recent self-immolation, and a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said he didn't have any information on reports of it.”
The Wall Street Journal: Immolations Pressure Tibet Exile Leader
“Tibet's premier-in-exile discouraged self-immolation but urged support for those protesting Chinese policy.”
“In Tunisia, the uprising was triggered by the self-immolation of a young man who was overwhelmed by the hopelessness of life under oppressive rule.”
“Since the Tunisian revolution on Jan. 14, at least five Egyptians have attempted suicide by self-immolation in imitation of the young Tunisian whose burning-death in December first galvanized protesters.”
The Wall Street Journal: Egyptian Opposition Is Divided on Protests
“Protesters in countries like Algeria have set themselves on fire in apparent attempts to copy Mohammed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old Tunisian whose self-immolation helped inspire the protests that brought down Ben Ali.”
“The self-immolation of street vendor Muhammad Bouazizi to protest harassment by local authorities sparked large demonstrations.”
“Thus, the protests in Tunisia, sparked by the self-immolation of university graduate Mohammed Bouazizi, were like the Iranian movement spontaneous and easily could tap into existing political discontent within Tunisian society.”
The Huffington Post: Mahmood Delkhasteh: Why Could Tunisia Do What Iran Cannot?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘self-immolation’.
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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
walking, bicycle, bus, train, motorcycle, airplane, car, truck, segway, limousine, roller coaster, wheelbarrow and 130 more...
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Appellations
States of ment.
off kilter, fervent, nonchalant, exuberant, turbid, verbose, eloquent, vicarious, gallivant, orotund, amalgamate, accentuate and 285 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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self-
list of self-s
self-discovery, self-awareness, self-actualization, self-respect, self-esteem, self-understanding, self-portrait, self-centered, self-righteousness, self-worth, self-reference, self-exam and 34 more...
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The fountainhead - 1
endorsement, connotation, reverence, grandeur, pertain, realm, arrogate, hesitate, preempt, usurp, exaltation, contemplate and 13 more...
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OrbitalCombustion's Words
nepenthe, phrontistery, peregrination, pervicacious, sinistrality, phallogocentric, prolixity, leptokurtic, ineffable, haecceity, lucubration, vicissitudes and 1026 more...
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morpheme's Words
perambulate, synaesthesia, morpheme, neoimperialism, lucidity, loquacious, schadenfreude, quixotic, serendipity, plethora, mellifluous, uber and 33 more...
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aubade I
some words
pulse, elusive, rumination, wisp, whisper, massacre, inertia, anhedonia, champagne, diaphanous, rumor, rife and 88 more...
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Suicides
teenage, ritual, copycat, forced, mass, cult, internet, assisted, murder-suicide, suicide by cop, suicide attack, attempted and 17 more...
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bcf's Words
intractable, defibrillator, self-immolation, amalgamation, promisary, homogenous, pejorative, modality, enervated, somnambulant, inkhorn, equivocate
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simple & useful 16
walter mitty, countervailing, fulcrum, wayfaring, in arrears, calculatingly, versification, fetching, circumfluous, intertwisted, graven image, whammo and 81 more...
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