self-hardening
adjective
noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
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They are the self-blinded, self-hardened, self-deceived, who fancy themselves innocent and glory in their virtue.
From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Cross, Joseph