self-administered

adjective

Performed, done, or administered without the help of a third party.

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Meanings

adjectiveself-administered (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePerformed, 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
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of self-administer.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
autoadministered

Origin

From self- + administered.

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