directive
adjective
self-directive
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a word derived from
directive.
Example Sentences
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In the past, the instinct was passive and defensive; but with growing education and intelligent leadership it is rapidly becoming conscious, self-directive and offensive.
From Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy by David Grayson
Man is a part of nature, although a self-directive organism adapted more or less adequately to his environment.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars
These two, to his artistic eye, appeared machines, more mechanical than humanly self-directive.
From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser
Gradually the child finds his way through the maze of things his intellect and his sensibilities have retained, and then he becomes self-directive.
From Training the Teacher by A. F. Schauffler
Were it unable to so think of itself, it could not be self-directive in the fullest sense.
From Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success by Frank C. (Frank Channing) Haddock
