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self-selection

American  
[self-si-lek-shuhn, self-] / ˈsɛlf sɪˈlɛk ʃən, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

  1. selection made by or for oneself.

    goods arranged on shelves for customer self-selection.


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Their insight: Outcome-based penalties only work when embedded in a menu that first induces honest self-selection.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

The report said that self-selection process is concentrated, in some instances, by separate hiring timelines used by some judges.

From Washington Post Dec. 1, 2022

But there’s surely a huge self-selection bias at work there because the artists who are active in the Midjourney Discord are bound to be the ones who will be excited by it.

From The Verge Aug. 2, 2022

Public health experts generally take a dim view of booster self-selection.

From New York Times Sep. 14, 2021

Laws against incest and all caste rules which arbitrarily limit the number of persons whom a given individual may marry may be regarded as blind attempts of mankind to practice some kind of self-selection.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner

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