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Definition of Self-direction
1. Noun. Personal independence.
Generic synonyms: Independence, Independency
Derivative terms: Autonomous, Self-reliant, Self-sufficient
Definition of Self-direction
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of selfdirection) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-direction
Literary usage of Self-direction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The necessity of self-direction and of directing others, when one had charge of
souls, produced documents, preserved in spiritual libraries, ..."
2. Some Dogmas of Religion by John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (1906)
"We may call this, then, freedom of self-direction. When the word is used in this
sense, I should not be called free to save a man when I fail to do so ..."
3. Principles of Social Science by Henry Charles Carey (1865)
"The more thorough the development of differences among men, and the more perfect
the power of self-direction, the more complete becomes their ..."
4. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee (1904)
"CHAPTER XII SELF—DIRECTION AND DEVELOPMENT THE subject of baptism and the related
question of qualification for church membership were a fruitful source of ..."
5. The Modern High School: Its Administration and Extension by Charles Hughes Johnston (1914)
"Development of Capacity for Self-Direction.—The particular plan or method for
cultivating initiative and developing self-directive capacity is secondary. ..."
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