1803 W. O. Pughe II Ymdrevnawl, a. (ymdrevyn) Self-ordering.
1853 T. E. Poynting xiii. 205 The moral or self-ordering—the religious—and the benevolent feelings.
1923 J. S. Huxley vi. 217 A universe which the march of knowledge is showing us ever more clearly as self-ordered and self-ordering.
2011 (Nexis) 8 Apr. c27 The room–window–view equation turned out to be a satisfying, self-ordering arrangement.