self-will
noun
stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.
self-willed
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a word derived from
self-will.
Example Sentences
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Maybe that matters less than the fact that Ms. Fox sees her whole life as playing out under the terms of a self-willed destiny.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2019
He did not consider “Peanuts” a children’s comic; even in Snoopy, his most kid-friendly character, Schulz created a self-willed, occasionally anxious fantasist.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 6, 2019
Only Monte, a self-willed celibate, initially thwarts her plans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2019
Alec Newman's wickedly self-willed Edmund is also ideally offset by the transformative virtue of Gwilym Lee's Edgar.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2010
The labored form of each letter and the irregular space between words was full of the struggle for control over the errant, self-willed pencil.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
