self-moderating

adjective

Moderating without outside help.

Meanings

adjectiveself-moderating (not comparable)
  1. not comparableModerating 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

Cite this entry
APA

self-moderating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-moderating

MLA

“self-moderating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-moderating. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-moderating,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-moderating.

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