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self-regulatory en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English regulatory English self-regulatory From self- + regulatory.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That regulates without external control or monitoring.
    • One of the primary ways autistic people use stimming is as a self-regulatory mechanism and adaptive response to inaccessible sensory landscapes. 2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly, volume 41, number 3, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2022:

Relateds

self-regulate · self-regulation