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单词 self-movement
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self-movementn.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈmuːvm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈmuvm(ə)nt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: self- prefix, movement n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + movement n., originally after Hellenistic Greek αὐτοκίνεσις autokinesis n. Compare earlier autokinesy n. Compare also earlier self-motion n., self-moving n.
Motion produced by the inherent power of the person, object, etc., that moves, rather than by the action of external forces. Also in philosophical contexts: voluntary or spontaneous action; will. Occasionally as a count noun: an act of volition. Cf. self-motion n.
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the world > movement > [noun] > self-movement
self-moving1570
self-motion1584
autokinesy1678
self-movement1700
spontaneity1721
1700 S. Nye Syst. Grace & Free-will 6 Only to show that we are free, and not determined fatally by the Goodness or Excellence of an Object or Choice, but by an ἀυτοκίνησις, an arbitrary or self-movement.
1795 T. Pownall Intellect. Physicks xi. 194 This our moral instinct may be wrought into the frame and constitution of my mind..yet doth not supersede the self-movement of my free-will.
1853 W. Pulsford tr. J. Müller Christian Doctr. Sin II. iii. i. iii. 106 Man is said to have in himself the source of self-movement to both good and evil.
1857 Era 14 June 9/3 The ‘Nautilus’ is a vast improvement upon the old machine. Its great value consists in..its capacity for self movement both upwards and downwards as well as laterally.
1941 Mod. Lang. Notes 56 204 The boat is called an ‘automa’..which implied that it was capable of self-movement.
2002 B. J. Shanley Thomist Trad. iv. 89 It is vital..that the self-transcendence in question be a genuine self-movement and not a being moved.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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