self-annihilation
Ending one's existence
Self-annihilation is the destruction of oneself—whether literal suicide or the figurative erasure of one's identity, ego, or sense of self.
In philosophy and mysticism, self-annihilation often describes the dissolution of individual identity into something greater: The mystic sought self-annihilation in union with the divine.
The term carries weight beyond simple self-destruction, suggesting completeness or totality of the obliteration.
Deliberately causing one's downfall
- self-harmDeliberately damaging one's body
- self-murderKilling oneself intentionally
- self-slaughterKilling oneself intentionally
- autodestructionDeliberate self-elimination
self-killing · self-immolation · self-inflicted · suicidal · hara-kiri · seppuku · self-sacrifice · martyrdom
Surpassing one's ego boundaries
- self-overcomingSurpassing your former limits
- self-abnegationRenouncing one's own interests
- self-effacementDownplaying one's importance
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
depersonalization · spiritual death · identity loss · emptiness · non-self · fana · nirvana · enlightenment
Lack of significance
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- negationDenial or cancellation
- voidWithout legal effect
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
absurdism · pessimism · fatalism · despair · hopelessness · anomie · emptiness · cynicism
self-destruction
Deliberately causing one's downfall
- self-harmDeliberately damaging one's body
- self-murderKilling oneself intentionally
- self-slaughterKilling oneself intentionally
autodestruction · self-killing · self-immolation · self-inflicted · suicidal · hara-kiri · seppuku · self-sacrifice · martyrdom · kamikaze
self-transcendence
Surpassing one's ego boundaries
- self-overcomingSurpassing your former limits
- self-abnegationRenouncing one's own interests
- self-effacementDownplaying one's importance
selflessness · depersonalization · spiritual death · identity loss · emptiness · non-self · fana · nirvana · enlightenment · liberation
meaninglessness
Lack of significance
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- negationDenial or cancellation
- voidWithout legal effect
existentialism · absurdism · pessimism · fatalism · despair · hopelessness · anomie · emptiness · cynicism · defeatism
self-annihilationself-preservation
Instinct to survive danger
survival · self-perpetuation · endurance · persistence · living
self-annihilationself-aggrandizement
Inflating one's own status
self-glorification · self-exaltation · narcissism · self-worship · self-assertion
self-annihilationself-care
Maintaining personal wellbeing
self-love · self-protection · self-compassion · self-regard · self-cultivation