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单词 self-suggested
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self-suggestedadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfsəˈdʒɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfsə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛstəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, suggested adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + suggested adj. Compare earlier self-suggestion n.
Suggested or proposed by oneself; arising from one's own mind or imagination.
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the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > suggesting > suggested by oneself
self-suggested1751
1751 J. Cleland Mem. Coxcomb ii. 187 Lady Oldborough..whose art it had been to bring her own designs to seem self-suggested to me.
1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett I. vi. 15 I think you ought, as a man of honour, to drop corresponding with Emma, and let it seem to be your own act and deed, self-suggested, and self-inspired.
1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. xciii. 145 The self-suggested illusion of untaught men.
1889 Alienist & Neurologist 10 444 Whether such self-suggested paralysis would be on the opposite side to the head-injury in a person familiar with the physiology of the central nervous system, is an interesting point.
1934 Times 8 Nov. 10/4 This self-suggested military genius, Mr. Lloyd George.
1961 University Coll. (Addis Ababa) Rev. 1 131/2 Keats..rejects several self-suggested methods of escape.
2008 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Oct. 4/2 A smokescreen..of self-suggested comparisons with Michelangelo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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