Webster's Dictionary, 1913
Self-diffusive adjective Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself. Norris.
Self-discipline noun Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.
Self-distrust noun Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence.
Self-educated adjective Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others.
Self-elective adjective Having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.
Self-enjoyment noun Enjoyment of one's self; self-satisfaction.
Self-esteem noun The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.
Self-estimation noun The act of estimating one's self; self-esteem.
Self-evidence noun The quality or state of being self-evident. Locke.
Self-evident adjective Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth. -- Self`-ev"i*dent*ly , adverb
Self-evolution noun Evolution of one's self; development by inherent quality or power.
Self-exaltation noun The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.
Self-examinant noun One who examines himself; one given to self-examination. The humiliated self-examinant feels that there is evil in our nature as well as good.
Coleridge.
Self-examination noun An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.
Self-excite transitive verb (Electricity) To energize or excite (the field magnets of a dynamo) by induction from the residual magnetism of its cores, leading all or a part of the current thus produced through the field-magnet coils.
Self-existence noun Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to God. Blackmore.
Self-existent adjective Existing of or by himself, independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being.
self-explaining adjective Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.
Self-exposure noun The act of exposing one's self; the state of being so exposed.
Self-fertilization noun (Botany) The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower and without outer aid; autogamy.
Self-fertilized adjective (Botany) Fertilized by pollen from the same flower.
Self-glorious adjective Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful. Dryden.
Self-government noun 1. The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command. 2. Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy. It is to self-government , the great principle of popular representation and administration, -- the system that lets in all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to be.
D. Webster.
Self-gratulation noun Gratulation of one's self.
Self-hardening adjective (Metal.) Designating, or pert. to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese, tungsten and manganese, chromium, molybdenum and manganese, etc. They are chiefly used as high-speed steels. -- Self`-hard"en*ed , adjective
Self-heal noun (Botany) A blue-flowered labiate plant ( Brunella vulgaris ); the healall.
Self-healing adjective Having the power or property of healing itself.
Self-help noun The act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others.
Self-help noun (Law) The right or fact of redressing or preventing wrongs by one's own action without recourse to legal proceedings, as in self-defense, distress, abatement of a nuisance, etc.
Self-homicide noun The act of killing one's self; suicide. Hakewill.
Self-ignorance noun Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations.
Self-ignorant adjective Ignorant of one's self.
Self-imparting adjective Imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers and will. Norris.
Self-importance noun An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.
Self-important adjective Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.
Self-imposed adjective Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks.
Self-imposture noun Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit. South.
Self-indignation noun Indignation at one's own character or actions. Baxter.
Self-induction noun (Electricity) Induction in a circuit due to the action of one portion of a current upon an adjacent portion during periods of varying current strength. The nature of the induction is such as to oppose the action which produces it.
Self-indulgence noun Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint , and self-denial .
Self-indulgent adjective Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.
Self-interest noun Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.
Self-interested adjective Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness.
Self-involution noun Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.
Selfhood noun Existence as a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality. Bib. Sacra.
Selfish adjective 1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others. They judge of things according to their own private appetites and selfish passions.
Cudworth. In that throng of selfish hearts untrue.
Keble. 2. (Ethics) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self. Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers.
Fleming.
Selfishly adverb In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
Selfishness noun The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others. Selfishness , -- a vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self- love.
Sir J. Mackintosh. Syn. -- See
Self-love .
Selfism noun Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness. Emerson.
Selfist noun A selfish person. [ R.] I. Taylor.
