autofacturen.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈfaktʃə/, U.S. /ˌɔdəˈfæk(t)ʃər/, /ˌɔdoʊˈfæk(t)ʃər/, /ˌɑdəˈfæk(t)ʃər/, /ˌɑdoʊˈfæk(t)ʃər/ rare.
The process of becoming self-made.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > self-creation
self-creation1659
self-formationa1713
self-fashioning1832
autofacture1868
1868 Daily Tel. 29 May 7/4 A self-made man—so far as humanity is capable of autofacture.
1902 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 154 Indeed, I had been very far from a self-made man. My week of experimental autofacture had been a rather humbling proof of my incapacity.
1961 D. Stacton Judges of Secret Court iii. 35 Most of those in the government were self-made men themselves, but their autofacture had been directed towards concealment of the fact, not display.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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