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self-explanatory

American  
[self-ik-splan-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, self-] / ˈsɛlf ɪkˈsplæn əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˌsɛlf- /
Also self-explaining

adjective

  1. explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.

self-explanatory British  

adjective

  1. understandable without explanation; self-evident

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Etymology

Origin of self-explanatory

First recorded in 1895–1900

Vocabulary lists containing self-explanatory

Obvious

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