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self-induced

self-induced

1 6.7
Caused by a person to themselves, often on purpose
  • adjective
  • /sɛlf ɪnˈdust/
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  • Some nights there is cause; others are self-induced nights of worry fed by the imagination.
  • self-induced vomiting

You're not suffering from self induced anxiety and depression because you're watching TV all day and screen sucking on social media.

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Examples

  • After months of stress, she realized that her insomnia was largely self-induced.

  • So the REM sleep is important for kind of the self induced therapy and forgetting the bad stuff.

  • Some difficulties are self-induced.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Those early worries about an eventual fate in hell were part of a pattern of self-induced anxiety and stress that became more pronounced as I got older.

    Blog text (31)
  • It was as if the silence was called for, nature's remedy to the self-induced stress of a busy life.

    Blog text (25)
  • There is a need to reevaluate personal and professional priorities, goals, and objectives to lessen the impact of self-induced stress and inner feelings of ineffectiveness.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Many of her health issues were self-induced due to poor lifestyle choices.

  • He acknowledged that his self-induced feelings of despair were affecting his relationships.

Synonyms

self-imposed
vsself-induced
16 5.6

A person decides or sets it by their own choice, not by others

is broader meaning any personally caused action not only chosen burdens
self-produced
vsself-induced
1 4.7

Made by a person without outside help

highlights intentional personal causation rather than accidental or automatic origin
self-generated
vsself-induced
1 5.1

Made by itself without outside help

refers to actions people cause usually with intention rather than arising naturally

How Intentional

self-induced
1 6.7
deliberate
21 4.6
intentional
117 3.9
accidental
118 3.0

Surface Forms

self-induced positive

Morphology

self-induced = induced (transparent) = self + induce + ed

The meaning is clearly derived from 'self' and 'induced', indicating something caused by oneself.

Etymology

Self-induced is made of self ('by oneself') and induced ('to lead or cause'), a root you can see in the common word produce. So a self-induced condition is something you have 'brought on yourself', often on purpose.