- self´-de|struc´tive|ness
- self-de|struc|tive «SEHLF dih STRUHK tihv», adjective.1. tending to destroy oneself or itself: »
Suicide is a self-destructive urge or act. How mischievous and self-destructive anger is (Anthony Ashley Cooper).
2. causing its own destruction: »Each balloon has a self-destructive device to release the gas if anything goes wrong (Newsweek).
–self´-de|struc´tive|ly, adverb.–self´-de|struc´tive|ness, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.