self-incrimination

1. 1.

   an accusation that incriminates yourself

   Broaderincrimination

Questions about self-incrimination

What does self-incrimination mean?

self-incrimination means "an accusation that incriminates yourself".

How many syllables are in self-incrimination?

self-incrimination has 7 syllables and divides as sel-f-in-cri-mi-na-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is self-incrimination a common word?

self-incrimination is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.