self-annihilating
Consuming its existence
Self-annihilating describes something that destroys itself or contains the seeds of its own destruction.
A self-annihilating argument undermines its own premises.
In physics, particles and antiparticles are self-annihilating when they collide.
The term often carries philosophical weight: His pursuit of perfection was self-annihilating, leaving nothing he could accept.
Violent governmental overthrow
- regimeSystem of governance
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- collapseSudden structural failure
- implosionViolent collapse inward
unsustainable · contradictory · autocracy · totalitarian · corruption · downfall · hubris · overreach
Seemingly absurd truth
- recursiveDefined in terms of itself
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- GodelIncompleteness theorem creator
- undecidableLacking possible proof
canceling · negating · Russell · logical · circular · tautology · proof · theorem
Without legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- BuddhistFollower of Gautama's teachings
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
impermanence · existential · Schopenhauer · renunciation · transcendence · maya · illusion · detachment
Minute piece of matter
- antimatterSubstance of antiparticles
- positronElectron's antimatter counterpart
- electronNegative subatomic particle
- gamma-rayHighest-energy electromagnetic wave
matter · collision · decay · unstable · quantum · photon · radiation · subatomic
Deliberate disruption of operations
- masochisticPleasure from own pain
- harmfulCausing damage or injury
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- addictiveCausing physical or psychological dependence
suicidal · toxic · undermining · burnout · martyrdom · codependent · overwhelming · consuming
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
implosion · unsustainable · contradictory · autocracy · totalitarian · corruption · downfall · hubris · overreach · systemic
paradox
Seemingly absurd truth
- recursiveDefined in terms of itself
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- GodelIncompleteness theorem creator
undecidable · canceling · negating · Russell · logical · circular · tautology · proof · theorem · zero-sum
void
Without legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- BuddhistFollower of Gautama's teachings
- emptinessAbsence of substance
dissolution · impermanence · existential · Schopenhauer · renunciation · transcendence · maya · illusion · detachment · moksha
particle
Minute piece of matter
- antimatterSubstance of antiparticles
- positronElectron's antimatter counterpart
- electronNegative subatomic particle
gamma-ray · matter · collision · decay · unstable · quantum · photon · radiation · subatomic · spontaneous
sabotage
Deliberate disruption of operations
- masochisticPleasure from own pain
- harmfulCausing damage or injury
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
addictive · suicidal · toxic · undermining · burnout · martyrdom · codependent · overwhelming · consuming · obsessive
self-annihilatingself-sustaining
Able to continue independently
survivalist · life-affirming · self-perpetuating · self-healing · self-interested
self-annihilatingself-perpetuating
Continuing without outside help
self-sustaining · self-regenerating · self-replicating · sustainable · regenerative
self-annihilatingself-actualizing
Achieving personal potential
self-aggrandizing · self-loving · flourishing · thriving · narcissistic
self, selfhood, selfish, selfishly, selfishness, unselfish, unselfishly, selfless, selflessly