self-constituted
- adjective
- /sɛlfˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːtɪd/
- Formal
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autoconstituido
- A self-constituted committee was formed to address community issues without approval from the city council.
Examples
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After the resignation of the board members, a self-constituted leadership team took charge of the organization.
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The self-constituted group met weekly to discuss their plans for improving local parks.
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Sauer reviewed the activities of a self-constituted "working association" of Berkeley Latin Americanists, of which he had been named chairman some years earlier.
Academic text (1996) -
Another reflection on language, the Italian cell of Anonymous clearly has a loose connection with the collective center; it is probably self-constituted and operates in total autonomy.
Blog text (8) -
Therefore, if parties dominate pact-making during the transition, they may impede the development of new self-constituted organizations as democracy is consolidated.
Academic text (1998) -
Most juries, even self-constituted ad hoc prison gangs who don't agree on anything else, still believe in old-fashioned things like the existence of evil.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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6.0
A person who gives themselves a role without being chosen
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4.7
Made by a person without outside help
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5.1
Made by itself without outside help
Created by the person or group itself and not by an outside authority
Antonyms
How Self-Established
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5.1
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6.0
- Formal
- Specialized
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
self-constituted = constituted (transparent) = self + constitute + ed
'Self-' + 'constituted' yields a straightforward meaning: formed or appointed by oneself, with no unusual sense shift.
Etymology
Self-constituted is made of self- meaning 'by itself' and constitute meaning 'to set up', the same root as constitution. So a self-constituted group is one that has 'set itself up' and acts without official permission.