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Meaning of "self-will" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-WILL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-WILL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Will is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SELF-WILL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of self-will in the English dictionary

The definition of self-will in the dictionary is stubborn adherence to one's own will, desires, etc, esp at the expense of others.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-WILL

self-supporting
self-sustaining growth
self-talk
self-tan
self-tanning
self-tapping
self-tapping screw
self-taught
self-tender
self-test
self-timer
self-torture
self-treatment
self-tuition
self-understanding
self-violence
self-willed
self-winding
self-worship
self-worth

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-WILL

at will
cavalry twill
free will
free-will
general will
goodwill
ill will
iron will
living will
pigswill
poorwill
six o´clock swill
swill
twill
unwill
what you will
whippoorwill
will
with a will

Synonyms and antonyms of self-will in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «self-will» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-WILL

Find out the translation of self-will to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-will from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-will» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自我意志
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

voluntad propia
570 millions of speakers

English

self-will
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मनमानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإرادة الذاتية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

своеволие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vontade própria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বেচ্ছাচারিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

propre volonté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diri sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eigenwille
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己の意志
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 의지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepenak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh ngoan cố
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய விருப்பத்திற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची इच्छा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inatçılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

propria volontà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samowola
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

свавілля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- voință
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - θέληση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- wil
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

egenvilja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

egenvilje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-will

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-WILL»

The term «self-will» is regularly used and occupies the 106.584 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-WILL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-will

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-WILL»

Discover the use of self-will in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-will and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sermon Outlines on Youth Related Issues
What was the prodigal son's problem? Why did he leave home? What got him into trouble? I believe it was self-will . So many of the symptoms are present . I. Self-Will Always Rejects Authority A . Rejects human authority 1 . “Father, give me .
Charles R. Wood, 2007
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Steps We Took
When we live our lives guided by self-will, we punish ourselves. This makes self- will sound like a curse, but we were given it for a certain purpose. All through this discussion, we will be talking about "faults," "character defects," and a lot of ...
Joe McQ, 2002
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Bruce Lee: Artist of Life
Self-will is the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws. A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I hold absolutely sacred — the law in himself, his own "will." What does self-willed mean? Does it not mean "having a will of ...
Bruce Lee, John Little, 2001
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Great Apes
Painter Simon Dykes awakens after a night of drinking to find the world is populated by monkeys. He is taken to a psychiatric hospital where monkey doctors try to cure him of his delusion that he is human. A spoof on the human condition.
Will Self, 2012
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Christ-Centered Consciousness: 30 Years, 30 Lessons
as. self-Will. One thing that is really important to see as I get closer to Christ is how my own self-will can be deceptive. When my self-will is not representative of the virtues, I have to deny it in order to maintain my spiritual connection to Christ.
John T. Ryan IV, 2013
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HRAY-MAH Jesus Christ is Coming!
Jesus also overcame Free-Will in man and willingly did what was the Fathers will through the Cross. Jesus gave us an example: Jesus through the Holy Spirit was going to help us also overcome Free-Will. Free-Will is self will. Self will tells us ...
Robert William Vincent
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Late Medieval Mysticism
Chapter XLIX Of Self-will, and How Lucifer and Adam Fell from God Through Self -will It has been said that there is of nothing so much in hell as of self-will. For hell is nothing but self-will, and if there were no self-will there would be no devil and ...
Ray C. Petry, 1957
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Carry This Message: A Guide for Big Book Sponsorship
These things make up self-will. When you fulfill one of these basic instincts, there is an automatic reward— pleasure. But the pleasure is so good that we often overdo it. It's the overdoing that makes what we call "defects of character.
Joe McQ, 2002
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Sparks from the Infinite: A Collection of Mediumistic ...
You may erect a building in artistically mistaken shape, and this is not self-will; but you may erect it in a technically wrong manner from the intention of causing harm, and this is self-will. - Does free will exist amongst the Enteles? Except for the ...
Il Cenacolo, 2007
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Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions
When the self is the source of the identity disruption, the self will feel shame when the other in the situation has higher status than the self, embarrassment when the self and other have equal status, and discomfort when the other has lower ...
Jan E. Stets, Jonathan H. Turner, 2008

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-WILL»

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On Melville's Moby Dick and the obsession of self-will
Ahab's fanatical self-will to kill Moby Dick is his singular obsession and a leitmotiv throughout Melville's novel. Now he is assisted by Pip who seems to have ... «RenewAmerica, Apr 15»
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Is Your Self-Will Passing Itself Off for the Holy Spirit?
Join us on our new podcast each weekday for an interesting story, well told, from Charisma News. Listen at charismapodcastnetwork.com. «Charisma News Online, Mar 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Self-Will [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/self-will>. Apr 2024 ».
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