单词 | self-judged |
释义 | self-judgedadj. 1. That has judged himself or herself; that has exercised self-judgement. Also: designating a person who has judged himself or herself to be the thing specified.Chiefly in religious contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [adjective] > decided, determined > by oneself self-judged1641 1641 D. Cawdrey Three Serm. 27 Such a man, is ἀυτοκατάκριτος, selfe-judged, selfe-condemned, to save the Judges a labour. 1655 J. Sergeant Schism Dis-arm'd 277 He must judge himself to be in the same state of a self-judg'd unbeleever. 1711 B. Wadsworth Highest dwelling with Lowest 15 He was a Self-judged, Self-condemned Sinner. 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon vii. xxii. 218 Who, but the wretch self-judg'd, has cause to fear? 1831 Pocket Mag. 1 181 He listened to the dreadful up-braidings of the self judged father of Edward. 1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman iii. 43 Each self-judged helot, pleased to toil. a1902 J. Parker Gospel Jesus Christ (1903) xiv. 180 When a man condemns himself,..he simply collapses, falls down dead before God, self-judged, self-exiled. 1996 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 23 Nov. 12 Maskull, the narrator, is a self-judged moral and intellectual aristocrat. 2008 K. L. Hester Eschatology & Pain in St. Gregory Great Pref. p. xii The pain of this life will find its final solace in the contemplative union of the self-judged sinner and the inner judge of salvation. 2. Designating a right, interest, quality, etc., considered to be such according to personal judgement, without reference to the opinions of others. ΚΠ 1869 Morning Republican (Little Rock, Arkansas) 10 May The people of the South, by joining hands in the measures.., might have controlled the same in their own self-judged interest. 1948 Spectator 10 Dec. 763/1 If a State temporarily exercises a self-judged right of self-defence.., it may do so only until the Security Council exercises its proper responsibility. 2013 Pittsburgh Tribune Rev. (Nexis) 9 Dec. That..disastrous combination of self-judged high ability and sheer incompetency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1641 |
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