self direction

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synonyms for self direction

On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self direction, such as: self-determination, self-rule, autarchy, autonomy, independence, and self-direction.

How to use self direction in a sentence

  • People would have to become much more capable of self-direction as well as of voluntary co-operation than they are now.

    The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean Martin
  • There is a great body of young men who float on the stream of life with no self-direction.

  • The desire for self-direction has made a thousand philosophies as contradictory as the temperaments of the thinkers.

    A Preface to Politics | Walter Lippmann
  • Only by the exercise of self-guidance and intelligent self-direction can that inalienable, supreme, pivotal power be expressed.

    The Pivot of Civilization | Margaret Sanger
  • Many teachers and parents insist upon guiding the pupil long after he is capable of self-direction.

    Training the Teacher | A. F. Schauffler

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