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[ self-im-pohzd, self- ] / ˈsɛlf ɪmˈpoʊzd, ˌsɛlf- /
adjectiveimposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task. Origin of self-imposedFirst recorded in 1775–85 Words nearby self-imposedself-ignite, self-image, self-immolating, self-immolation, self-important, self-imposed, self-improvement, self-inclusive, self-incompatible, self-incriminating, self-incrimination Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-imposedPadre Goyo got back to Mexico in May from a three-month hiatus that he called a self-imposed exile in Europe. Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Near the end of his self-imposed quest to get to the bottom of the big Warum? How Hitch & Amis Discovered Evil In My House|Peter Foges|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST I quote Immanuel Kant in my preface, defining enlightenment as mankind coming out of its self-imposed immaturity. The Real Legacy of Richard Nixon|Scott Porch|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Get help, advocate for yourself, dial down your self-imposed parenting standards. Ad's Message to Moms: If You Don’t Think Parenting Sucks, You’re Doing it Wrong|Andy Hinds|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Courage in the face of senseless, self-imposed danger is the coin the realm. Can NASCAR Driver Trevor Bayne Race Safely With Multiple Sclerosis?|Kent Sepkowitz|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST One sees them staggering gravewards under a load of self-imposed burdens. The self-imposed solitude of the hotel had begun to be irksome. Thirty|Howard Vincent O'Brien It would be good to have his companionship and assistance in working out my self-imposed vow. The Motor Pirate|George Sidney Paternoster He even retired to a corner and hid his face in self-imposed penance. The World's Greatest Books, Volume V.|Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds. Its movements are said to be very clumsy and erratic, as if its self-imposed burden was too cumbersome for its strength. Tropic Days|E. J. Banfield
British Dictionary definitions for self-imposed
adjective(of a task, role, or circumstance) having been imposed on oneself by oneself Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |