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Definition of Self-destructive
1. Adjective. Dangerous to yourself or your interests. "A kamikaze pilot"
Definition of Self-destructive
1. Adjective. That causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-destructive
Literary usage of Self-destructive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Beginner's History of Philosophy by Herbert Ernest Cushman (1911)
"(1) The intellectual methods of the Middle Ages were self-destructive methods.
We may take scholasticism as the best expression of the intellectual life of ..."
2. Working Men's Social Clubs and Educational Institutes by Henry Solly (1867)
"... Self-Destructive," we observed that " the necessity for all the above trouble
in extinguishing the Club might be avoided by judicious obstructions when ..."
3. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"Your first Military Escort has exploded self-destructive; and all Military Escorts,
and a suspicious Country will now be up, explosive; comparable not to ..."
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