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

But this difference consists in something beyond the reach of chemistry and of physics; it is active intelligence, the power of self-direction, of self-adjustment, of self-maintenance, of adapting means to an end.

From The Breath of Life by Burroughs, John

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.

She did not wish to go among people so soon after her divorce, besides she felt the need of self-adjustment to her new relations with life.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie