<B>self-confessed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> confessed by oneself; self-admitted. <BR> <I>Ex. a self-confessed failure, a self-confessed baseball fan.</I> adv. <B>self-confessedly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfconfidence">
<B>self-confidence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> belief in one's own ability, power, or judgment; confidence in oneself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfconfident">
<B>self-confident, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> believing in one's own ability, power, or judgment. adv. <B>self-confidently.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfcongratulation">
<B>self-congratulation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> congratulation of oneself. <BR> <I>Ex. Her [his wife's] practical capacity was for him a matter for continual self-congratulation (H. G. Wells).</I> </DL>
<B>self-conscious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>embarrassed, especially by the presence or the thought of other people and their attitude toward one; made conscious of how one is appearing to others; shy. <BR> <I>Ex. self-conscious of a world looking on (Thomas Carlyle).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Philosophy.) having consciousness, as of oneself, one's actions, or sensations. adv. <B>self-consciously.</B> noun <B>self-consciousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfconsequence">
<B>self-consequence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sense of one's own importance; self-importance. </DL>
<A NAME="selfconsistency">
<B>self-consistency, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being self-consistent. </DL>
<A NAME="selfconsistent">
<B>self-consistent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> consistent with oneself or itself; having its parts or elements in agreement. </DL>
<A NAME="selfconstituted">
<B>self-constituted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> constituted by oneself or itself. <BR> <I>Ex. a self-constituted board of inquiry.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfcontained">
<B>self-contained, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>saying little; reserved. <BR> <I>Ex. They are rather silent, self-contained men when with strangers (Theodore Roosevelt).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent of what is external. <BR> <I>Ex. When London was smaller, and the parts of London more self-contained and parochial ... (G. K. Chesterton).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>having all its working parts contained in one case, cover, or framework. <BR> <I>Ex. A watch is self-contained.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(British.) having approaches, entrances, and apartments restricted to the use of a single household. <BR> <I>Ex. a self-contained house.</I> noun <B>self-containedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfcontainment">
<B>self-containment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being self-contained. </DL>
<A NAME="selfcontemplation">
<B>self-contemplation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> contemplation of oneself or of one's own conduct, motives, and the like. </DL>
<A NAME="selfcontempt">
<B>self-contempt, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> contempt for oneself. <BR> <I>Ex. Perish in thy self-contempt! (Tennyson).</I> </DL>
<B>self-contradiction, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>contradiction of oneself or itself. <DD><B> 2. </B>a statement containing elements that are contradictory. </DL>
<A NAME="selfcontradictory">
<B>self-contradictory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> contradicting oneself or itself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfcontrol">
<B>self-control, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> control of one's actions or feelings. <BR> <I>Ex. His handsome face had all the tranquillity of Indian self-control; a self-control which prevents the exhibition of emotion (Francis Parkman).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfcontrolled">
<B>self-controlled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or showing self-control. </DL>
<A NAME="selfconvicted">
<B>self-convicted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, or avowal. <BR> <I>Ex. Guilt stands self-convicted when arraign'd (Richard Savage).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfcorrecting">
<B>self-correcting, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> correcting oneself or itself automatically. <BR> <I>Ex. a self-correcting mechanism.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfcorrection">
<B>self-correction, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> automatic correction of oneself or itself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfcorrective">
<B>self-corrective, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=self-correcting.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> a corrective of oneself or itself. <BR> <I>Ex. Democracy's great self-corrective is reasonable dissent and debate (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfcorrupted">
<B>self-corrupted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> corrupted by oneself or itself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfcreated">
<B>self-created, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> created, brought into existence, or constituted by oneself. <BR> <I>Ex. The particular, partly self-created, character of Gibbon's mind ... (R. H. Hutton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfcritical">
<B>self-critical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> critical of oneself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfcriticism">
<B>self-criticism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> criticism of a person by himself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfcultivation">
<B>self-cultivation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> cultivation of oneself; self-culture. </DL>
<A NAME="selfculture">
<B>self-culture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the cultivation or development by one's own efforts, of one's mind, faculties, manners, and the like. </DL>
<A NAME="selfdealing">
<B>self-dealing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the use of a charitable foundation to grant loans or other financial benefits to contributors or to protect the founders' private income. <DD><B> 2. </B>any similar use of a company's or organization's funds. </DL>
<B>self-declared, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> declared by oneself; self-proclaimed. <BR> <I>Ex. a self-declared conservative, self-declared limitations.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfdedication">
<B>self-dedication, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> dedication of oneself to some person or purpose. </DL>
<A NAME="selfdefeating">
<B>self-defeating, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> defeating oneself or itself; contrary to one's own purpose or interests. <BR> <I>Ex. U.S. taxation on foreign business activity is self-defeating (Time). In the long run, it is self-defeating to allocate aid only to known political allies (Manchester Guardian).</I> </DL>
<B>self-defense, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> defense of one's own person, property, or reputation. </DL>
<A NAME="selfdefensive">
<B>self-defensive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to defend oneself; of the nature of self-defense. </DL>
<A NAME="selfdefined">
<B>self-defined, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> defined by oneself or itself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfdefining">
<B>self-defining, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> defining by oneself or itself; self-explanatory. </DL>
<A NAME="selfdefinition">
<B>self-definition, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> definition of one's own character, identity, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. Africa's central problem is political self-definition (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="selfdeluded">
<B>self-deluded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> deluded by oneself. </DL>
<A NAME="selfdelusion">
<B>self-delusion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or fact of deluding oneself; self-deception. </DL>
<A NAME="selfdenial">
<B>self-denial, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> sacrifice of one's own desires and interests; going without things one wants; austerity. (SYN) self-sacrifice, abstemiousness. </DL>
<B>self-denying, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> sacrificing one's own wishes and interests; unselfish. adv. <B>selfdenyingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfdependence">
<B>self-dependence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> reliance on oneself with a feeling of independence of others; self-reliance. </DL>
<A NAME="selfdependent">
<B>self-dependent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> depending on oneself, or on one's own efforts; self-reliant. <BR> <I>Ex. Left early to his own guidance, he had begun to be self-dependent while yet a boy (Hawthorne).</I> adv. <B>self-dependently.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfdeprecating">
<B>self-deprecating, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> deprecating of oneself. adv. <B>self-deprecatingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="selfdeprecation">
<B>self-deprecation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> deprecation of oneself; self-disparagement. </DL>
