单词 | self-controlling |
释义 | self-controllingadj. Exhibiting, practising, or involving self-control. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [adjective] coolc1430 coldc1500 within oneself (itself, etc.)1518 cool-headed1684 present to oneself1692 possesseda1698 self-restrained1700 self-collecteda1711 cool (cold) as a cucumbera1732 self-possessing1732 self-regulating1755 cool-brained1765 self-possessed1766 self-restraining1777 self-disciplined?1791 self-controlling1796 self-repressed1814 self-controlled1822 self-contained1838 self-repressing1849 unimpulsive1856 posé1858 downbeat1953 cucumber-cool1955 supercool1965 1796 Origin Duty & Right in Man, Considered 156 It was a self-acting, a self-controlling principle, by which each would compel himself to do that. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. iv. 71 The deep and self-controlling mind of Adrian. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. vi. 131 A comparatively self-controlling nature, capable of sacrificing present ease to future good. 1931 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 155 68/2 People who should be corrected and returned to society as self-supporting and self-controlling citizens. 1981 Phi Delta Kappan 62 497/1 Such approaches do not address the aim of discipline, which is to make people self-controlling and self-responsible. 1994 N. H. Hadley Elective Mutism vii. 63 Silence is also adopted by children as a self-controlling response for profane or obscene language. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1796 |
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