self-correcting

American

[self-kuh-rek-ting, self-] / ˈsɛlf kəˈrɛk tɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

Or self-corrective

adjective

automatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc..

a self-correcting mechanism.

self-correcting British

adjective

capable of correcting itself without external aid

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Other Word Forms

self-correction

noun

Etymology

Origin of self-correcting

First recorded in 1935–40

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self-correcting

Science becomes self-correcting only when scholars create the institutional mechanisms that make it possible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

This has weakened the market’s previous self-correcting mechanisms.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

I would also add that there isn’t such a self-correcting mechanism in populism.

From Slate ● May 16, 2026

So to an extent, the market could be self-correcting on the same premise now, given all the focus that’s come on the tightknit AI economy.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing, applicable to everything.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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