self-report

noun

A kind of survey or questionnaire in which respondents read the questions and select responses by themselves, without researcher interference.

“His constantly talking about rape laws was a bit of a self-report.”

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Meanings

nounself-report (plural self-reports)

plural self-reports

  1. A kind of survey or questionnaire in which respondents read the questions and select responses by themselves, without researcher interference.
  2. informalSomething said by someone with the purpose of conveying a neutral stance on a subject but unintentionally leading to that person's bias being revealed.

    His constantly talking about rape laws was a bit of a self-report.

verbself-report (third-person singular simple present self-reports, present participle self-reporting, simple past and past participle self-reported)

present singular third person self-reports · participle present self-reporting · participle past self-reported · past self-reported

  1. transitiveTo respond in this manner.
  2. transitiveTo report one's own problems or failings.

    The train operating company-owning group [...] says it self-reported the issue to the Office of Rail and Road after identifying the problem during a recent audit.

    2022 January 29, “Network News: First pays out after Delay Repay error”, in RAIL, number 960, page 27

Origin

From self- + report. Noun sense 2 was coined by players of Among Us, in which the impostor can report the body of another player they have just killed, as if having just discovered it guiltlessly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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