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单词 self-formed
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self-formedadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛl(f)ˈfɔːmd/, U.S. /ˌsɛl(f)ˈfɔrmd/
Forms: see self- prefix and formed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, formed adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + formed adj.
Having formed oneself or itself; (of a group or body) founded or assembled by its own members.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > by oneself
self-made?1574
self-wrought1586
self-created1606
self-devised1608
self-formed1642
self-making1660
self-generating1745
self-create1766
autogenous1826
self-fashioned1833
autogenic1852
autogeneal1864
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. N6 The self-formd soul may work without Incorporation.
a1700 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 295 Matter self-form'd, self-mov'd, self-steer'd.
1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 52 A character self-formed, as owing nothing to parental nurture, and scarce anything to moral tuition.
1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 54 Whose spirits live..Each in his self-formed sphere of light or gloom.
1844 W. H. Mill Serm. Tempt. Christ v. 125 A vain and self-formed assurance.
1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) VI. 319 Self-formed bands of volunteers started into being.
1910 Geogr. Jrnl. 36 582 The river flows in a self-formed channel.
1966 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Oct. 1/2 Winston Churchill's character was almost entirely self-formed.
2014 Northern Territory News (Austral.) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 5 The self-formed team did it all without a coach.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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