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

The hereditary influence must completely overshadow the apparent normal self-adjustment of pigment to energy-absorbing needs, in all such cases.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

Humanity took a new departure; but a departure which for the moment was signalized as a LOSS—the loss of its former harmony and self-adjustment.

From Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning by Carpenter, Edward

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