self-adjustment

[ self-uh-juhst-muhnt, self- ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-adjustment¹

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

“I don’t have an ounce of good evidence to prove my theory, but I don’t think that this sort of self-adjustment is good for people to do,” he says.

From Wall Street Journal

He defended his government’s attempt to support Chinese share prices in recent weeks, but said the market had now reached a point of “self-recovery and self-adjustment.”

From Wall Street Journal

He said China’s stock market was now in “self-recovery and self-adjustment.”

From Washington Post

It is the “duty of the government,” Xi said, to prevent “massive panic from happening,” and “China's stock market has reached the phase of self-recovery and self-adjustment.”

From Los Angeles Times