self-motivated

adjective

Motivated to achieve something due to one's own interest.

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

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

comparative more self-motivated · superlative most self-motivated

  1. Motivated to achieve something due to one's own interest.

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. Englishmotivated
  9. Englishself-motivated

From self- + motivated.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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