self-determined

adjective

Marked by self-determination.

OriginEnglish determined ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

adjectiveself-determined (comparative more self-determined, superlative most self-determined)

comparative more self-determined · superlative most self-determined · alternative selfdetermined

  1. Marked by self-determination.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
autocephalous

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishdetermined
  9. Englishself-determined

From self- + determined.

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APA

self-determined. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-determined

MLA

“self-determined.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-determined. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-determined,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-determined.

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