self-induced

[ self-in-doost, -dyoost, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf ɪnˈdust, -ˈdyust, ˌsɛlf- /

adjective

induced by oneself or itself.

Electricity. produced by self-induction.

Nearby words

self-improvement, self-inclusive, self-incompatible, self-incriminating, self-incrimination, self-induced, self-inductance, self-induction, self-indulgence, self-indulgent, self-inflict

Origin of self-induced

First recorded in 1885–90

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Examples from the Web for self-induced

In Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy, the self-induced, self-absorbed Greek tragedy of Andrew Lohse.
An Ivy League Frat Boy’s Shallow Repentance|Stefan Beck|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Still, by Final Exit Network standards, she apparently qualified for her self-induced exit.
Lawrence Egbert: Suicide Doctor's Lucky Break|Terry Greene Sterling|April 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It is very wonderful, and I wish that I possessed the power to gain such information by means of self-induced dreams.
Through Veld and Forest|Harry Collingwood
Attention and Interest may in this way be self-induced from repetition.
The Mystic Will|Charles Godfrey Leland

For a second his knees knocked together in self-induced panic.
The Mad Planet|Murray Leinster
But the experience which came two days later should be characterized as a super-normal psychic state, self-induced.
What and Where is God?|Richard La Rue Swain
The self-induced excitement ebbed, and the Indians swerved and swept on by.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White

British Dictionary definitions for self-induced

self-induced

adjective

induced or brought on by oneself or itself

electronics produced by self-induction

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self-induced

adjective

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self-induced

adjective