Meanings
- not comparableVoluntarily 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 711 more example
“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 need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy,” Pompeo wrote.
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
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of self-impose
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivevoluntarily assumed or endured
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishimposed
- Englishself-imposed
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 自己強加的 /自己强加的
- 自己強加的 /自己强加的 (zìjǐ qiángjiā de)voluntarily imposed upon oneself
Finnish oma-aloitteinen, vapaaehtoinen
- oma-aloitteinenvoluntarily imposed upon oneself
- vapaaehtoinenvoluntarily imposed upon oneself
Romanian autoimpus
- autoimpusvoluntarily imposed upon oneself
Cite this entry
self-imposed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-imposed
“self-imposed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-imposed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-imposed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-imposed.
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