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Definition of Self-directed
1. Adjective. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment.
Similar to: Independent
Derivative terms: Autonomy, Self-reliance
Definition of Self-directed
1. Adjective. Directed, independently by oneself without external control or constraint ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-directed
Literary usage of Self-directed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"self-directed organization as the goal of the higher mental life. Again we find
ourselves speaking in terms of higher forms of organization. ..."
2. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"self-directed organization as the goal of the higher mental life. Again we find
ourselves speaking in terms of higher forms of organization. ..."
3. Manual of Play by William Byron Forbush (1914)
"self-directed PLAY Children under two and a half years of age are not ... No child
will learn self-directed play if somebody is around all the time to make ..."
4. Labor Maintenance: A Practical Handbook of Employees' Service Work by Daniel Bloomfield (1920)
"... Self-Directed Recreation Best The lesson comes home continually that self-initiated
and self-conducted activities on the part of people usually fare ..."
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