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self-acting
[ self-ak-ting ]
/ ËsÉlfËĂŠk tÉȘĆ /
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adjective
acting by itself; automatic.
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Origin of self-acting
First recorded in 1670â80
OTHER WORDS FROM self-acting
self-action, nounWords nearby self-acting
self-abasement,
self-abnegation,
self-absorbed,
self-absorption,
self-abuse,
self-acting,
self-actualization,
self-actualize,
self-addressed,
self-adhesive,
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How to use self-acting in a sentence
We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
Even the hot Jewish women I mentioned above did something a bit more âintellectualâ than pageantry: acting.
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
Jean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.
British Dictionary definitions for self-acting
adjective
not requiring an external influence or control to function; automatic
Derived forms of self-acting
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