The act of denying or rejecting one's own interests, rights, or existence; self-denial taken to philosophical extremes.
From 'auto-' (self) and 'negation' (denial or rejection, from Latin 'negare'). A term used in philosophy and psychology.
Autonegation appears in extreme political ideologies where people actively work against their own interests—historians call this 'voting against yourself,' and it reveals the power of propaganda and identity politics to override reason.
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