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单词 self-imposed
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self-imposedadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfᵻmˈpəʊzd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfəmˈpoʊzd/
Forms: see self- prefix and impose v. and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, imposed adj. at impose v. Derivatives
Etymology: < self- prefix + imposed adj. at impose v. Derivatives.
Of an obligation, task, circumstance, etc.: imposed on oneself of one's own volition, or on one's own initiative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > brought about by free will
unset1547
voluntary1548
self-set1593
self-imposed1657
unprovidential1693
self-induced1796
undestined1827
1657 H. P. Cressy Baker's Sancta Sophia I. 109 Vnlesse they will renounce their owne preconceiued iudgment & preassumed selfe-imposed obligations.
1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 230 Of needless shame and self-imposed disgrace.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xli. 92 Upon the very same night when Nancy..hurried on her self-imposed mission to Rose Maylie.
1877 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) II. App. 651 There is no reason to think that the pilgrimage was other than a self-imposed one.
1957 A. Thwaite Ess. Contemp. Eng. Poetry ix. 142 His self-imposed isolation from English literary life has left him free to work out his own poetic salvation.
2013 M. Zailckas Mother, Mother (2014) 105 The bathroom was a beautiful space for self-imposed exile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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