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self-administered

self-administered adjective: performed, done, or administered without the help of a third party. Also the simple past and past participle of self-administer.

Adjective

self-administered (not comparable)

  1. Performed, done, or administered without the help of a third party.
    • Redding’s study asked four psychologists with expertise in anxiety and depressive disorders to rate each self-help book on five criteria: […] and the general usefulness of the book as a self-administered method for changing behavior or psychological change.2019 May 2, Nina Avramova, “When you should use self-help programs and when to skip them”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025

Also used as

self-administered is also the simple past and past participle of self-administer.

Origin of self-administered

From self- + administered.

Questions about self-administered

What does self-administered mean?
Self-administered means performed, done, or administered without the help of a third party.
What part of speech is self-administered?
Self-administered is an adjective.

Words near self-administered in the dictionary

  1. self-adjointness
  2. self-adjudication
  3. self-adjusting
  4. self-adjustment
  5. self-administer
  6. self-administered
  7. self-administering
  8. self-administers
  9. self-administration
  10. self-admiration
  11. self-advancement

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