self-perfect

verb

To perfect itself; to make itself perfect.

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Meanings

verbself-perfect (third-person singular simple present self-perfects, present participle self-perfecting, simple past and past participle self-perfected)

present singular third person self-perfects · participle present self-perfecting · participle past self-perfected · past self-perfected

  1. To perfect itself; to make itself perfect.

    "Humanity self-perfects and will self-perfect."

    2014, Tristan Garcia, Form and Object: A Treatise on Things
    1 more example

    "As one self-perfects (self-normalizes), the motivation to do evil diminishes, and the ease with which one does what is good increases."

    2001, M. C. Dillon, Beyond Romance

Origin

From self- + perfect.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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