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self-imposed
[ self-im-pohzd, self- ]
adjective
- imposed on one by oneself:
a self-imposed task.
self-imposed
adjective
- (of a task, role, or circumstance) having been imposed on oneself by oneself
Word History and Origins
Origin of self-imposed1
Example Sentences
Padre Goyo got back to Mexico in May from a three-month hiatus that he called a self-imposed exile in Europe.
Near the end of his self-imposed quest to get to the bottom of the big Warum?
I quote Immanuel Kant in my preface, defining enlightenment as mankind coming out of its self-imposed immaturity.
Get help, advocate for yourself, dial down your self-imposed parenting standards.
Courage in the face of senseless, self-imposed danger is the coin the realm.
It was out of the question that he should return to the Residency before he began his self-imposed mission.
Still girls are told they ought to wait patiently, and not to be eager for self-imposed duties.
A dozen times he approached the door in an angry revulsion against his self-imposed test, and a dozen times passed on.
When he came back at last to the house, Myra was there, busy at her self-imposed tasks in those neglected rooms.
The patient then withdraws into himself, and in his self-imposed isolation, he conjures up imaginary companionship.
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