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self-sway
self-sway n.
Brit. 
/ˌsɛlfˈsweɪ/
, /ˌsɛlfˈsweɪ/U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈsweɪ/
chiefly poetic in earlier use (now rare) influence or authority over oneself or itself; (also) power or authority conferred on oneself./ˌsɛlfˈsweɪ/ΚΠ
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F6v When she doth with self-sway Thus change herself.
1824 T. Campbell Theodric (ed. 2) 42 That soul's example could not but dispense A portion of its own bless'd influence; Invoking him to peace, and that self-sway Which Fortune cannot give, nor take away.
1868 C. Lofft Ernest iii. 43 'Tis an easy downward slope From recklessness of rabble rule, to the foul Self-sway of despots.
1910 Sunset Aug. 135/1 Spain..took it for granted that the people whom she had rescued from barbarism..were wholly unprepared for any political responsibility and could not be entrusted with even a fair measure of local self-sway.
1957 tr. Aitareya-brāhmana in Numen 4 33 Having won..the self-sway (svārājyam), the universal sway,..the supreme authority.
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