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self-imposed

self-imposed adjective: voluntarily imposed upon oneself. Also the simple past and past participle of self-impose.

Adjective

self-imposed (not comparable)

  1. Voluntarily imposed upon oneself.
    • He chose then to push away his misbegotten regret and to concentrate instead on his relief: relief that he was free of the grim demands of his self-imposed quest and that his only remaining obligations were those born of his current position.2008, Christopher Paolini, “Rider and Ra'zac”, in Brisingr, page 71
    • “The United States government maintains relationships with unofficial partners around the world, and Taiwan is no exception. Our two democracies share common values of individual freedom, the rule of law, and a respect for human dignity. Today’s statement recognizes that the US-Taiwan relationship...2021 January 9, Kylie Atwood, quoting Mike Pompeo, “US lifts self-imposed restrictions with Taiwan”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021

Also used as

self-imposed is also the simple past and past participle of self-impose.

Origin of self-imposed

From self- + imposed.

Questions about self-imposed

What does self-imposed mean?
Self-imposed means voluntarily imposed upon oneself.
What part of speech is self-imposed?
Self-imposed is an adjective.

Words near self-imposed in the dictionary

  1. self-immolations
  2. self-importance
  3. self-important
  4. self-importantly
  5. self-impose
  6. self-imposed
  7. self-imposes
  8. self-imposing
  9. self-impotent
  10. self-improve
  11. self-improved

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