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self-moderating

self-moderating adjective: moderating without outside help.

Adjective

self-moderating (not comparable)

  1. Moderating without outside help.
    • It’s a sprawling, self-moderating system — and generally, it works.2014 April 8, Caitlin Dewey, “Men’s rights activists think a “hateful” feminist conspiracy is ruining Wikipedia”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2014

Origin of self-moderating

From self- + moderating.

Questions about self-moderating

What does self-moderating mean?
Self-moderating means moderating without outside help.
What part of speech is self-moderating?
Self-moderating is an adjective.

Words near self-moderating in the dictionary

  1. self-metathesis
  2. self-minded
  3. self-mockeries
  4. self-mockery
  5. self-mockingly
  6. self-moderating
  7. self-monitor
  8. self-monitored
  9. self-monitoring
  10. self-monitors
  11. self-motion

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