self-electedadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfᵻˈlɛktᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfəˈlɛktəd/,

/ˌsɛlfiˈlɛktəd/

Forms: see self- prefix and elected adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, elected adj.

Etymology: < self- prefix + elected adj. Compare earlier self-electing adj., self-election n.In sense 2 originally after German selbsterwählt (1640 in the passage translated in quot. 1649; compare earlier †selberwählt, in same sense (16th cent.)).

1. Of a condition, state, attitude, etc.: chosen by or for oneself.

ΚΠ

1647 T. Hodges Growth & Spreading Hæresie 7 That which either by too much excesse and riotous courses ruines nature..: Or else on the contrary, by too much austerity and self-elected rigidity, sink in time the Body, and bring it the dust of death.

1833 J. Gorton Gen. Biogr. Dict. (new ed.) I. at Nieremberg, John Eusebius His friends..suffered him to persevere in his self-elected destination.

1882 New York Med. Abstr. July 251/2 He did not write with facility..and the effort to accomplish his self-elected work required four days in each week.

1914 W. S. Walsh Heroes & Heroines Fiction 14/2 On his way he visits Timon in his self elected hermitage.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. July Before letting anyone strike off for himself on his self-elected educational process it is somewhat essential that he acquire certain basics.

2016 Times (Nexis) 25 June 21 The point of the joke was British self-elected subservience to the financial spending power of the Germans.

2. Elected or appointed to an office or position by oneself; (of a body) elected by its own members. Also: designating an office or position to which a person has appointed himself or herself (rare).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > self-electing > self-elected

self-elected1649

self-elect1828

1649 tr. J. Böhme Mercurius Teutonicus 25 Inwardly this spirituall Priesthood is Christ in the New Man; and outwardly, in the selfe-elected Priests [Ger. den selberwehleten Priestern], it is Babel.

1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Apologie conc. Perfection 104 in tr. J. Böhme Remainder of Bks. He takes upon him freely, as a Saint of his own making, a self elected one without power.

1770 Correct Copy of Lords Protests 2 That House will be no longer a representative of the people, but a separate body altogether independent of them, self-existing and self elected.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. xii. 347 The connivance of government to his self-elected office of Protector of the Lennox.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 216 Self-elected Town Councils.

1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xxvi. 248 Nominally, the election of the directors is in the hands of the stockholders; virtually, they are self-elected.

1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential i. ix. 67 The self-elected and perpetuated union czars have strait-jacketed the workers.

2016 Lancaster Evening Post (Nexis) 20 Oct. This self-elected body proclaimed themselves protectors of the poor hard-done-to motorists some 15 years or so ago.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-elected
释义	self-electedadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfᵻˈlɛktᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfəˈlɛktəd/, /ˌsɛlfiˈlɛktəd/ Forms: see self- prefix and elected adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, elected adj. Etymology: < self- prefix + elected adj. Compare earlier self-electing adj., self-election n.In sense 2 originally after German selbsterwählt (1640 in the passage translated in quot. 1649; compare earlier †selberwählt, in same sense (16th cent.)). 1. Of a condition, state, attitude, etc.: chosen by or for oneself. ΚΠ 1647 T. Hodges Growth & Spreading Hæresie 7 That which either by too much excesse and riotous courses ruines nature..: Or else on the contrary, by too much austerity and self-elected rigidity, sink in time the Body, and bring it the dust of death. 1833 J. Gorton Gen. Biogr. Dict. (new ed.) I. at Nieremberg, John Eusebius His friends..suffered him to persevere in his self-elected destination. 1882 New York Med. Abstr. July 251/2 He did not write with facility..and the effort to accomplish his self-elected work required four days in each week. 1914 W. S. Walsh Heroes & Heroines Fiction 14/2 On his way he visits Timon in his self elected hermitage. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. July Before letting anyone strike off for himself on his self-elected educational process it is somewhat essential that he acquire certain basics. 2016 Times (Nexis) 25 June 21 The point of the joke was British self-elected subservience to the financial spending power of the Germans. 2. Elected or appointed to an office or position by oneself; (of a body) elected by its own members. Also: designating an office or position to which a person has appointed himself or herself (rare). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > self-electing > self-elected self-elected1649 self-elect1828 1649 tr. J. Böhme Mercurius Teutonicus 25 Inwardly this spirituall Priesthood is Christ in the New Man; and outwardly, in the selfe-elected Priests [Ger. den selberwehleten Priestern], it is Babel. 1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Apologie conc. Perfection 104 in tr. J. Böhme Remainder of Bks. He takes upon him freely, as a Saint of his own making, a self elected one without power. 1770 Correct Copy of Lords Protests 2 That House will be no longer a representative of the people, but a separate body altogether independent of them, self-existing and self elected. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. xii. 347 The connivance of government to his self-elected office of Protector of the Lennox. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 216 Self-elected Town Councils. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xxvi. 248 Nominally, the election of the directors is in the hands of the stockholders; virtually, they are self-elected. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential i. ix. 67 The self-elected and perpetuated union czars have strait-jacketed the workers. 2016 Lancaster Evening Post (Nexis) 20 Oct. This self-elected body proclaimed themselves protectors of the poor hard-done-to motorists some 15 years or so ago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1647
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