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Definition of Self-abuse
1. Noun. Manual stimulation of your own genital organ for sexual pleasure.
Definition of Self-abuse
1. Noun. Self-deception. (defdate from early 17th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (historical) (euphemistic) Masturbation. (defdate from 18th c.) ¹
3. Noun. Cutting of oneself. ¹
4. Verb. (historical) (euphemistic) To masturbate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-abuse
Literary usage of Self-abuse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Idiocy: And Its Treatment by the Physiological Method by Edward Seguin (1866)
"The following cases represent self-abuse preparing the way to idiocy or imbecility.
OBS. XLIX.—S., 10 years old, pale and slender, but well built, ..."
2. The Powers and Aims of Western Democracy by William Milligan Sloane (1919)
"... AND ENORMOUS POPULATION DESIRE FOR LEAST GOVERNMENT, UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, AND
STATE INTERFERENCE—POPULAR SELF- CONTROL BY A PEOPLE'S OTHER SELF—ABUSE OF ..."
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