Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autodestructive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-tode-struc-tive
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Self-destroying; self-destructive.

Example Sentences

"[…] until 1957 he was a painter. However, as he told Bomberg, he was searching for something 'extremely fast and intense' and in 1960 he began 'painting' with acid on nylon, thus becoming a pioneer of autodestructive art, for which he has remained the chief spokesman."
"Collectively they conjure up a crazed version of autodestructive white America at its most solipsistic, hankering after its own lost origins."
"In contrast to what might be expected, MHC class I-deficient mice are not autodestructive."

Etymology

From auto- + destructive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto

Inflected Forms

more autodestructive (comparative) most autodestructive (superlative)

Questions

What does autodestructive mean?: Self-destroying; self-destructive.
Where does autodestructive come from?: From auto- + destructive.

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