self-adjustment

American  

[self-uh-juhst-muhnt, self-] / ˈsɛlf əˈdʒʌst mənt, ˌsɛlf- /

noun

1. adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.

2. the process of resolving one's problems or reactions to stress without outside intervention.

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Etymology

Origin of self-adjustment

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

"Avoidance," or the practice of a person trying to never encounter reminders of things at all, deprives individuals of important chances for self-adjustment.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2023

Speculation of this kind by competent men is the self-adjustment of society to the probable.

From Time Magazine Archive

The repose of self-adjustment like that to which our whole solar system is slowly tending as its death,—this to him appears, though from no scientific deduction, the end of all existence.

From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival

But this difference consists in something beyond the reach of chemistry and of physics; it is active intelligence, the power of self-direction, of self-adjustment, of self-maintenance, of adapting means to an end.

From The Breath of Life by Burroughs, John

The hereditary influence must completely overshadow the apparent normal self-adjustment of pigment to energy-absorbing needs, in all such cases.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred