self-limitationn.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlflɪmᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˌlɪməˈteɪʃən/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, limitation n.

Etymology: < self- prefix + limitation n., after self-limited adj.

1. The action of restricting or circumscribing one's own behaviour, freedom, power, etc. Also as a count noun (chiefly in plural): an instance of this; (also) a restriction or limitation one imposes on oneself.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > of oneself

self-limitation1692

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun] > constraint or suppression

self-restraint1656

self-limitation1692

constraint1706

suppression1706

self-repression1821

1692 J. Tyrrell Bibliotheca Politica (1694) v. 311 If all our Civil Rights and Liberties, were no other than what you would have them (the free Condescensions, or Self-Limitations of Soveraign Power).

1799 J. Adams Pronunc. Eng. Lang. Vindicated 162 The term is partial, and partiality may be suspected in all that is appropriate to self-limitation, self-praise, self-love.

1847 J. D. Morell Hist. View Philos. (ed. 2) II. v. 105 The idea of the objective arises from the self-limitation of our own free activity.

1885 Chronicle (Univ. Michigan) 6 June 331/1 Knowledge regarded merely as description of objects marked off by presuppositions and self-limitations, is partial.

1907 J. R. Illingworth Doctr. Trinity x. 191 Virtue is rooted in self-control, self-discipline, that is, voluntary self-limitation.

1961 N.Y. Times 30 Apr. e11/1 The President addressed primarily to the press..his appeal for self-limitation in the exercise of constitutional rights and privileges.

2014 Derry Jrnl. (Nexis) 6 July A falsely constructed sense of self, made up of self-limitations, family expectations, pressures and conventions.

2. Medicine. The property (of a disease, condition, etc.) of being self-limited (self-limited adj. 2); the fact of being self-limited.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [noun] > self-limitation

self-limitation1836

1836 Med. Communications Mass. Med. Soc. 5 368 This naturally leads to the solution of the mystery of the sudden metastases and the self-limitation of the paroxysms of neuralgic and spasmodic diseases.

1879 A. Flint in Arch. Med. 1 225 (title) Self-limitation in cases of phthisis.

1913 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 June 1195/2 We should treat pneumonia on the lines of the acute general infections, remembering the intensity of the toxaemia, its self-limitation and relatively brief duration, its tendency to depress the heart [etc.].

1999 Jrnl. Infectious Dis. 180 987/1 It is important to be able to diagnose self-limitation [of hepatitis C virus infection], which requires no further treatment.

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

单词	self-limitation
释义	self-limitationn. Brit. /ˌsɛlflɪmᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌlɪməˈteɪʃən/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, limitation n. Etymology: < self- prefix + limitation n., after self-limited adj. 1. The action of restricting or circumscribing one's own behaviour, freedom, power, etc. Also as a count noun (chiefly in plural): an instance of this; (also) a restriction or limitation one imposes on oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > of oneself self-limitation1692 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun] > constraint or suppression self-restraint1656 self-limitation1692 constraint1706 suppression1706 self-repression1821 1692 J. Tyrrell Bibliotheca Politica (1694) v. 311 If all our Civil Rights and Liberties, were no other than what you would have them (the free Condescensions, or Self-Limitations of Soveraign Power). 1799 J. Adams Pronunc. Eng. Lang. Vindicated 162 The term is partial, and partiality may be suspected in all that is appropriate to self-limitation, self-praise, self-love. 1847 J. D. Morell Hist. View Philos. (ed. 2) II. v. 105 The idea of the objective arises from the self-limitation of our own free activity. 1885 Chronicle (Univ. Michigan) 6 June 331/1 Knowledge regarded merely as description of objects marked off by presuppositions and self-limitations, is partial. 1907 J. R. Illingworth Doctr. Trinity x. 191 Virtue is rooted in self-control, self-discipline, that is, voluntary self-limitation. 1961 N.Y. Times 30 Apr. e11/1 The President addressed primarily to the press..his appeal for self-limitation in the exercise of constitutional rights and privileges. 2014 Derry Jrnl. (Nexis) 6 July A falsely constructed sense of self, made up of self-limitations, family expectations, pressures and conventions. 2. Medicine. The property (of a disease, condition, etc.) of being self-limited (self-limited adj. 2); the fact of being self-limited. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [noun] > self-limitation self-limitation1836 1836 Med. Communications Mass. Med. Soc. 5 368 This naturally leads to the solution of the mystery of the sudden metastases and the self-limitation of the paroxysms of neuralgic and spasmodic diseases. 1879 A. Flint in Arch. Med. 1 225 (title) Self-limitation in cases of phthisis. 1913 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 June 1195/2 We should treat pneumonia on the lines of the acute general infections, remembering the intensity of the toxaemia, its self-limitation and relatively brief duration, its tendency to depress the heart [etc.]. 1999 Jrnl. Infectious Dis. 180 987/1 It is important to be able to diagnose self-limitation [of hepatitis C virus infection], which requires no further treatment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1692
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