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Definition of Self-explanatory
1. Adjective. Needing no explanation.
Definition of Self-explanatory
1. Adjective. Obvious, having a nature that makes it clear or that explains itself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-explanatory
Literary usage of Self-explanatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Analysis of Play Construction and Dramatic Principle by William Thompson Price (1908)
"'That a thing is Self-Explanatory is one of the first qualities of Action, almost
a definition. If we have seen in a preceding scene that one character has ..."
2. Party Government in the United States of America by William Milligan Sloane (1914)
"... w. party measures—Contradictions self-explanatory—Anglo-Saxon tradition of
united powers—Party leaders and party masses— Narrow margins of success. ..."
3. Party Government in the United States of America by William Milligan Sloane (1914)
"... vs. party measures—Contradictions self-explanatory—Anglo-Saxon tradition of
united powers—Party leaders and party masses— Narrow margins of success. ..."
4. The Problem of Metaphysics and the Meaning of Metaphysical Explanation: An by Hartley Burr Alexander (1902)
"... is self-explanatory is immediately known. In the chapter on the meaning of
knowledge, both perceptual intuition and rational insight were defined as ..."
5. Annual report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the by United States Public Health Service (1895)
"STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE- HOSPITAL SERVICE. • The following
statistical tables are self-explanatory: ..."
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