Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Imposed by oneself on oneself; voluntarily assumed or endured.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Imposed or taken voluntarily on one's self: as, a self-imposed task.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Voluntarily taken on one's self.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Voluntarily imposed upon oneself.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective voluntarily assumed or endured
Etymologies
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Examples
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Schultz appeared on the set of his show Wednesday looking somber, and delivered a nearly four-minute apology before exiting on what he called a self-imposed hiatus.
NY Daily News MEENA HARTENSTEIN 2011
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These were terrible burdens to carry as a nation, and they were self-imposed.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Fundamentalists began to reemerge from their self-imposed exile with the founding of the neo-evangelical movement in the wake of the Second World War.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Among the small number of ordinary white Americans who avoided the self-imposed obligations of rednecks, hippies, and American citizens and embraced the gift of renegades were the workers at the General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, who in 1972 staged a walkout in rebellion against their employer and their union, the UAW.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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These were terrible burdens to carry as a nation, and they were self-imposed.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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These were terrible burdens to carry as a nation, and they were self-imposed.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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One year after his landmark promise to shutter the controversial prison at the US naval base in Cuba, Obama has not only missed his self-imposed deadline, but his hands are ever-more tied by the political, legal and humanitarian headache he inherited from his predecessor, George W. Bush.
Think Progress » DOJ official reportedly clears torture architects John Yoo and Jay Bybee. 2010
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The Senate Finance Committee may not meet its self-imposed goal of introducing a health care bill by September 15.
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Other aspects of the decision-making were self-imposed hurdles rather than external constraints.
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You SHOULD know that swordfish is one of the fish you SHOULD institute a self-imposed boycott.
Think Progress » Drilling Is Not The Solution To Create Jobs And Reduce Reliance On Foreign Oil 2010
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