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self-will

[ self-wil, self- ]

noun

  1. stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.


self-will

noun

  1. stubborn adherence to one's own will, desires, etc, esp at the expense of others
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌself-ˈwilled, adjective
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Other Words From

  • self-willed adjective
  • self-willedly adverb
  • self-willedness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-will1

before 900; Middle English: one's own will, stubbornness; Old English: one's own will; self, will 2
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Example Sentences

Desertion doesn't mean a sea of water between, it means an ocean of self-will and love-me-first between.

The fact that he was a son was of no avail to him in the "far country," in the place of self-will and self-management.

The consequences of self-will do not always pass away as quickly as we hope and expect.

She is trying to rush him, he puts it to himself; and the thought rouses all his own obstinacy and self-will.

After these offences of self-will and vanity Tom Taylor finds us some other little thing—I think it is inaccuracy.

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