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self-will
[ self-wil, self- ]
noun
- stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.
self-will
noun
- stubborn adherence to one's own will, desires, etc, esp at the expense of others
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Derived Forms
- ˌself-ˈwilled, adjective
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Other Words From
- self-willed adjective
- self-willedly adverb
- self-willedness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of self-will1
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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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