Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: self-destructive

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

But running a society purely for profit and efficiency, however productive of material wealth, is abdication of morality, and even on its own economic terms it is self-destructive, as we just experienced with the supply chain breakdown.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/06/07/robby-porter-we-need-a-new-value-system-adapted-to-the-modern-world/

He's supposed to be a cautionary tale on extremism and is a legit psycho and Moore is constantly telling us his moral code is twisted, self-destructive, and psychotic.

Source: https://comicbookmovie.com/tv/hbo/watchmen/the-dark-knight-director-christopher-nolan-praises-zack-snyders-watchmen-as-ahead-of-its-time-a208077

I had a pretty warped sense of my own value, and a lot of self-destructive behaviour.

Source: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/4015336/qa-getting-to-know-scots-language-campaigner-and-columnist-alistair-heather/

In the second episode after Logan’s death, which in the show’s timeline is mere days after the fact, it is apparent that each child is falling into self-destructive patterns.

Source: https://nyunews.com/arts/tv/2023/04/25/succession-s4e5-recap/

It might prove 10 minutes that ultimately costs United European glory, when the injuries sustained to their centre-backs were reasons the side showed a self-destructive streak.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/man-utd-injury-maguire-martinez-varane-b2319664.html

“I was in a completely self-destructive tailspin,” Bennett wrote in his 2011 book, All The Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/a-coke-binge-in-his-50s-almost-killed-tony-bennett-he-survived-reshaping-his-career-20230722-p5dqgb.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_world

Now Sonya loves charismatic, self-destructive Doctor Michael “more than my own father and mother”: she bites a dishtowel in shame as she says this.

Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/vanya-duke-of-york-s-theatre-review-andrew-scott-chekhov-b1108641.html

Seeing how the black box is essentially an android's heart and is self-destructive in nature, its "pure" form is the other side of it.

Source: https://gamerant.com/nier-automata-ver11as-eds-tragic-love-story/

Still, Will Brill plays the self-destructive doctor Astrov with fine-grained, rabbitlike wariness, and Marin Ireland’s Sonya is unmissable.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/goings-on/undercurrents-of-power-in-annie-bakers-infinite-life

Taigen's seemingly clichéd motivation to reclaim his honor highlights his goal as a self-destructive tendency.

Source: https://collider.com/blue-eye-samurai-ending-explained/

Throughout the night, they also bump into Missy, who takes over and talks Paige out of her self-destructive streak.

Source: https://screenrant.com/young-sheldon-amy-big-bang-theory-paige-ruin/

“Today, therefore, we are flagging-off this campaign to remind ourselves and unequivocally reiterate that crashes are self-destructive occurrences.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/75-die-in-353-lagos-road-accidents-in-8-months-frsc/