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self-will

[self-wil, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈwɪl, ˈsɛlf- /


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“My self-will had to be abandoned because my self-will was killing me,” Irsay said.

From Seattle Times Oct. 27, 2022

It also evokes the determination, the self-will, of countless immigrants who have chosen to make and call America their home.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2021

Thus, as Cooley’s film quickens and deepens, we get a fabulous running joke about the “inner voice,” a staple of American self-will since the days of Emerson.

From The New Yorker Jun. 21, 2019

In freedom, the self-will that black women had demonstrated while enslaved had room to blossom.

From Slate Nov. 28, 2017

To such habits of mind liberty is viewed as only casual good-pleasure and self-will.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel




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