self-adjustment

American  

[self-uh-juhst-muhnt, self-] / ˈsɛlf əˈdʒʌst mənt, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

1. adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.

2. the process of resolving one's problems or reactions to stress without outside intervention.

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Etymology

Origin of self-adjustment

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

"Avoidance," or the practice of a person trying to never encounter reminders of things at all, deprives individuals of important chances for self-adjustment.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2023

Speculation of this kind by competent men is the self-adjustment of society to the probable.

From Time Magazine Archive

This permits it freely to turn on its axis, and, in connection with the adjustable boxes in the connecting-rod, allows a perfect self-adjustment to the line of the crank-pin.

From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.

He sighed the sigh of perfect self-adjustment, sign of a mind agreeably filled, and stretching out his legs picked up a volume of Bourget.

From Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport by McFall, J. V.

But Gabriel could not imitate this comfortable self-adjustment to surroundings.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel