self-perfectingn.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfpəˈfɛktɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfpərˈfɛktɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, perfecting n.

Etymology: < self- prefix + perfecting n. Compare earlier self-perfecting adj., self-perfection n., self-perfectionment n.

The action or process of perfecting oneself; self-perfection.

ΚΠ

1859 National Rev. Oct. 492 The great part which this ‘Self-perfecting’ by an inward ideal plays in our author's [sc. J. S. Mill's] ethics.

1883 M. W. Hazeltine Chats about Bks. 319 Buddhism is a religion of ethical self-perfecting.

1978 Furrow 29 744 Love is the means whereby this self-perfecting is realized.

2002 Jrnl. Relig. 82 485 Rahner's work includes the elements of analogy, dynamism, sacramentality, self-perfecting, becoming, dialectic, and aesthetics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

self-perfectingadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfpəˈfɛktɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfpərˈfɛktɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, perfect v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < self- prefix + perfect v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier self-perfectionating adj. Compare also earlier self-perfect adj., self-perfection n.

Aiming at or achieving self-perfection; leading to self-perfection.

ΚΠ

1814 J. Beresford Does Faith ensure Good Wks. 11 It is so far from being true, that Faith is to be regarded as a self-perfecting principle... Faith is..itself requiring to be made perfect by Works.

1846 Brownson's Q. Rev. Jan. 125 There is no such thing as self-perfecting institutions... The imperfect can never without the aid of a foreign power become perfect.

1883 H. Maudsley Body & Will 166 Self-love is not despicable, but laudable, since duties to self, if self-perfecting..must needs be duties to others.

1978 R. Mattessich Instrumental Reasoning ii. 26 Natural evolution which reaches from purely physical or mechanistic systems.., to self-reflecting and self-perfecting human beings and their social organizations.

2008 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. Educ. 29 493 Young people living at the turn of the twenty-first century might be seen..as highly individualized and self-perfecting cosmopolitans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-perfecting
释义	self-perfectingn. Brit. /ˌsɛlfpəˈfɛktɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfpərˈfɛktɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, perfecting n. Etymology: < self- prefix + perfecting n. Compare earlier self-perfecting adj., self-perfection n., self-perfectionment n. The action or process of perfecting oneself; self-perfection. ΚΠ 1859 National Rev. Oct. 492 The great part which this ‘Self-perfecting’ by an inward ideal plays in our author's [sc. J. S. Mill's] ethics. 1883 M. W. Hazeltine Chats about Bks. 319 Buddhism is a religion of ethical self-perfecting. 1978 Furrow 29 744 Love is the means whereby this self-perfecting is realized. 2002 Jrnl. Relig. 82 485 Rahner's work includes the elements of analogy, dynamism, sacramentality, self-perfecting, becoming, dialectic, and aesthetics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). self-perfectingadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfpəˈfɛktɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfpərˈfɛktɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, perfect v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < self- prefix + perfect v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier self-perfectionating adj. Compare also earlier self-perfect adj., self-perfection n. Aiming at or achieving self-perfection; leading to self-perfection. ΚΠ 1814 J. Beresford Does Faith ensure Good Wks. 11 It is so far from being true, that Faith is to be regarded as a self-perfecting principle... Faith is..itself requiring to be made perfect by Works. 1846 Brownson's Q. Rev. Jan. 125 There is no such thing as self-perfecting institutions... The imperfect can never without the aid of a foreign power become perfect. 1883 H. Maudsley Body & Will 166 Self-love is not despicable, but laudable, since duties to self, if self-perfecting..must needs be duties to others. 1978 R. Mattessich Instrumental Reasoning ii. 26 Natural evolution which reaches from purely physical or mechanistic systems.., to self-reflecting and self-perfecting human beings and their social organizations. 2008 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. Educ. 29 493 Young people living at the turn of the twenty-first century might be seen..as highly individualized and self-perfecting cosmopolitans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859adj.1814
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