self-immolation

English

Etymology

self- +‎ immolation

Noun

self-immolation (countable and uncountable, plural self-immolations)

1. The act of setting oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.

   Synonym: autocremation

   • 2018, Central Tibetan Administration, Tibet was Never a Part of China: but the Middle Way Approach Remains a Viable Solution‎^[1], New Delhi: Norbu Graphics, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 6-7:

     The act of self-immolation
     The sweeping wave of self-immolation began in 2009 in the aftermath of the 2008 nationwide uprisings against China. Since then, Tibet has witnessed at least 152 self-immolations. Of these self-immolators,¹ 126 were men and 26 women. The burning flame has consumed 130 lives. Nearly a third of the Tibetans who resorted to self-immolation protest were monks and nuns.² The rest were laypeople from different regions and from all walks of life: students, farmers, teachers, young parents, grandparents and mothers of several children.

2. (figurative) The act of self-sacrificing oneself, in any manner of ways.

Related terms

• self-immolate

Translations

setting oneself on fire

• Armenian: ինքնահրկիզում (hy) (inkʻnahrkizum)
• Belarusian: самаспале́нне n (samaspaljénnje)
• Bulgarian: самозапа́лване n (samozapálvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自焚 (zh) (zìfén)

• Czech: sebeupálení n
• Danish: selvafbrænding c
• Dutch: zelfverbranding (nl) f
• Finnish: polttoitsemurha (fi)
• French: auto-immolation f
• Georgian: თავდაწვა (tavdac̣va), თვითდაწვა (tvitdac̣va)
• German: Selbstverbrennung (de) f
• Greek: αυτοπυρπόληση (el) f (aftopyrpólisi)
• Japanese: 焼身自殺 (しょうしんじさつ, shōshin jisatsu)
• Korean: 분신자살(焚身自殺) (bunsinjasal)
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• Macedonian: самозапалување n (samozapaluvanje)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvpåtenning m or f

• Persian: خودسوزی (xod-suzi)
• Polish: samospalenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: autoimolação f
• Russian: самосожже́ние (ru) n (samosožžénije)
• Slovak: sebaupálenie n
• Spanish: autoinmolación f
• Swedish: självförbränning c
• Turkish: kendini yakma, kendini ateşe verme sg, özyakım sg
• Ukrainian: самоспа́лення n (samospálennja)
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: tự thiêu

self-sacrificing oneself

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvoppopfrelse m

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