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self-movement

  • a word derived from self-moving.
    self-moving
    adjective
    capable of moving without an external agency.

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The stretchy, flexible therapeutic tape also has benefits in the areas of self-movement and body position.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2021

A still more dramatic manifestation of D&D-adjacent thinking arguably powers the quantitative self-movement, which aims to improve our corporeal experiences by encouraging us to contemplate the data our bodies generate.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2017

Brouwer predicted that as the quantified self-movement and personalized medicine unfold and put the technology for medical assessment into individuals’ hands, medicine will be the next frontier to be revolutionized by acts of insubordination.

From Forbes ● Nov. 21, 2013

The protozoön has a limited power of self-movement, and will accept or reject certain environments.

From Applied Psychology for Nurses by Mary F. Porter

The self-movement of the car would enable us to save time, which is a matter of the first importance on such a trip.

From A Trip to Venus by John Munro