self determined (self deter mind)

Particularized or determined by its own act alone: thus, the will, according to the sectaries of free-will, is self -determined. self-determining (self-de-ter'mi-ning), a. Capable of self-determination. Every animal is conscious of some individual, self-mov. ing, self - determining principle. Martin us Scriblerus , i. 12. self-development (self-de-vel'up-ment), n. Spontaneous development. If the alleged cases of self - development be examined, it will be found, I believe, that the new truth affirms in every case a relation between the original subject of conception and some new subject conceived later on. W. James , Prin. of Psychology, I. 465. self-devoted (self-de-vō'ted), a. Devoted by one's self; also, characterized by self-devotion. self-devotement (self-de-võtment), n. Same as self - devotion .