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Definition of Self-control

1. Noun. The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses.

2. Noun. The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.

Definition of Self-control

1. Noun. The ability to control one's desires and impulses; willpower. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Self-control

1. 1. Self-regulation of one's behaviour in accordance with personal beliefs, goals, attitudes and societal expectations. 2. Use by an individual of active coping strategies to deal with problem situations, in contrast to passive conditioning strategies which do things to the individual and require no action by the person. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-control

self-confident self-confidently self-congratulate self-congratulation self-congratulatory self-conjugate self-conscious self-consciously self-consciousness self-consistent

self-contained self-contemplation self-contempt self-contradiction self-contradictory self-control (current term) self-controlled self-critical self-criticism self-cultivation

self-curing resin self-deal self-dealing self-deceit self-deception self-deceptions self-defeating self-defence self-defense self-delusion

Literary usage of Self-control

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"self-control OF THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY The American people acquiesces slowly, or frequently does not acquiesce, in what is beneficial to its interests—The ..."

2. A System of Ethics by Friedrich Paulsen (1899)
"We call the virtue or excellence which regulates our behavior and conduct by the rational will, independently of momentary feelings, self- control. ..."

3. A System of Ethics by Friedrich Paulsen (1899)
"The Greeks call the virtue of self-control ... 356-378; Fowler and Wilson, Part II., ch. I. — TK.] self-control ..."

4. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"Self Knowledge and Self Control.—What is needed in education more than anything else is some means or system which will train the powers of self discovery ..."

5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Children'« reading—Continued Value of stories exemplifying self-control. AP Coville. Home Prog 5:327-31 Mr 46 Sec aleo Children's literature; ..."

6. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"Self Knowledge and Self Control.—What is needed in education more than anything else is some means or system which will train the powers of self discovery ..."

7. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"... CHAPTER XI self-control THE discipline of fortitude on the one hand, inculcating endurance without a groan, and the teaching of politeness on the other, ..."

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