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self-regulatory

self-regulatory adjective: that regulates without external control or monitoring.

Adjective

self-regulatory (not comparable)

  1. That regulates without external control or monitoring.
    • One of the primary ways autistic people use stimming is as a self-regulatory mechanism and adaptive response to inaccessible sensory landscapes.2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly, volume 41, number 3, archived from the...

Origin of self-regulatory

From self- + regulatory.

Questions about self-regulatory

What does self-regulatory mean?
Self-regulatory means that regulates without external control or monitoring.
What part of speech is self-regulatory?
Self-regulatory is an adjective.

Words near self-regulatory in the dictionary

  1. self-regulate
  2. self-regulated
  3. self-regulates
  4. self-regulating
  5. self-regulation
  6. self-regulatory
  7. self-reinforce
  8. self-reinforced
  9. self-reinforcement
  10. self-reinforcements
  11. self-reinforcer

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