"self-imposed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From self- + imposed. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self-|imposed}} self- + imposed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} self-imposed (not comparable)
  1. Voluntarily imposed upon oneself. Tags: not-comparable Translations (voluntarily imposed upon oneself): 自己強加的 /自己强加的 (zìjǐ qiángjiā de) (Chinese Mandarin), oma-aloitteinen (Finnish), vapaaehtoinen (Finnish), autoimpus (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-self-imposed-en-adj-wRAoSNTS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 67 33

Verb

Etymology: From self- + imposed. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self-|imposed}} self- + imposed Head templates: {{head|en|verb forms}} self-imposed
  1. simple past and past participle of self-impose Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: self-impose
    Sense id: en-self-imposed-en-verb-WDikWqpj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with self-: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48
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